I agree with Echos, not everyone is in therapy (even in psychodynamic therapy) to work on relationship issues or at least it is not always the main goal or focus for a client. I am one of these, for example. I had constant conflicts with my former T during the last couple months of our work together and while it was enlightening in a few ways regarding my needs and values, it was quite destructive at the time given that I had a much bigger problem that I really struggled with and that he mostly ignored (a relapse with an addiction) and kept pushing his agenda. It made everything worse.

I think that many therapists like to explore relationship issues by default, it is something that is ingrained in the profession. But it is not always what benefits the client best in the context of what they want from therapy. With current T, I started seeing him primarily to work on said addiction issue plus some anxiety related to work performance and I have become used to regularly reminding him to stay on track. He does have a liking for relationship stuff and I like to discuss those things at times but not as a main theme. He is generally very compliant with what I ask of him and agreeable. We have been working together for ~5 months now and never had a rupture -- I am thankful for that because working on conflict resolution is not what I am in therapy for now. But I feel that the quite smooth therapy relationship we have helps me a lot to address my primary concerns and as a "side effect", I am actually learning how to manage and maintain a good professional relationship (something that comes handy in my job). I have a feeling that my T may be a bit conflict avoidant (beyond just treatment design) but if this is true, it serves me well. I think it would not help me to have a stressful therapy experience right now.