Not quite the same, but I never wanted my therapist(s) to express any caring, or check in, or comfort me. Still don't. But now they are both doing the first two, of their own volition, and it makes me uncomfortable and certainly I am not accepting of it. It is like they are not the therapists I started seeing months ago, so I can only assume this is some sort of concerted effort on their part.

But your new therapist sounds like she might be very helpful.