Well, I didn't quit. I'm glad because it felt a bit ractionary. She opened by asking me about our last session. It was good. I told her some things I needed to, and we decided on some more specific goals.

She's going to help me with some practical issues getting my life in order, and we are going to work out of a workbook for other issues. I'm not going to expect the sort of sympathy and support that I had wanted (purely my decision). I did explain how some of the things she was doing were like my mother does. She hadn't been aware of that. I told her that she needed to be more gentle with me, and that I would respond better with more support. I'm also going to start paying her a little for each session, which I can do and am very happy to do. It makes things feel much better.

I won't see her until after Christmas. Then, if after a while things still don't work, I'll feel more comfortable quitting.