I criticize my T a lot, but I do want to acknowledge the many things she has done for me in the service to my well-being. She does her best to get past my prickly defenses to expose the pain below, even though it's unpleasant for her and I hurt her feelings every session. (I'm not proud of being a difficult client. :/ )

I was struggling to remember an therapy agreement we had, so I asked her over the phone to please write it down to give me. I later texted confessing that I wanted the written reminder to be a transitional object. The next session, I thought/assumed she'd forgotten about it because we were wrapping up the session. I tentatively asked and she informed me that she had not forgotten, but wanted us to craft the words together so it would be more memorable and more personal. I felt very...loved.