Thanks, FKM. It did give me pause as well -- this was in the early weeks of my therapy with her. It seemed then like everything I said or asked related to therapy (or where it was going) was being interpreted (with irritation / sarcasm) by her as a question about her competence or the value of therapy -- so, it felt like a constant series of missed connections (and my attempts to explain went nowhere).

After seeing that happen for a few sessions in a row, I quit mentioning stuff I'd read or asking questions about the process of therapy -- things significantly improved between us then and the whole process got a lot smoother.

Therapy also seemed to start working around then (not saying that there's a causal connection though!) -- I started seeing improvements to my mood and general well-being etc.

So yeah, while the whole thing has left me with some niggling doubts, the overall positive impact of therapy (along with possibly my reluctance to start anew with someone else!) has outweighed it.

And, for what it's worth, she and I are both academics as well -- in the first session, I'd disclosed that the fact that she has a Ph.D (along with research experience) is one of the reasons I chose her (I was / am in a doctoral program and was looking for someone who also readily got some of the peculiar struggles I was having as a part of it). So, my tendency to read up stuff (which she once commented, spoke to my identity as a researcher) shouldn't really have come as a surprise to her.

I guess more than anything else, her reactions just left me puzzled.