For example, one session my therapist pointed out that I have a lack of affectionate, nurturing relationships in my life. I felt that he was stating the obvious, that I am painfully aware that I don't have enough close caring relationships, and it only stung me to hear it, and I told him that it didn't help. He took pretty great offense to me saying that, and said that I seem to think I can tell people what they can and cannot say and that's going to be another issue in my life with personal relationships. In my latest session, I brought up the last time when he mirrored back something I said in what I felt was a snotty way, and he jumped on me using the word "snotty" because he never said I was snotty, (that is a gross word written over and and over again btw) and that's when he said I was being a hypocrite in that moment and I'm not entirely sure why, but something about that it's fine for me to call him out on something but he can't challenge me? I don't even know.

precaryous, I asked him once what kind of therapy he does and he said "good question" and never gave me a direct answer because he doesn't define it as anything particular. Gestalt sounds a bit like his approach, though.