When I said to her that while I had never had Jungian analysis before, I had had psychotherapy and counselling before, and some of the things happening (like the guilting around dropping the fourth session) were not things I would expect to happen in counselling sessions, and that I couldn't imagine that Jungian analysis would be that different, she started to talk over me. I then brought it up again later and asked her if it would be ok if she didn't interrupt me when I was speaking as it made me feel rubbish, and explained what I was saying again, that this wasn't what I was expecting from analysis. Her response was 'I'm not a counsellor who just nods along, I'm not one of those counsellors who just agrees with everything'.

I asked her why she interrupts me when I start talking about what my expectations of analysis are, and she said because she thought my talking about that topic wasn't helpful for me and she said that I can use my 'wit' all I like, and that I can use my 'wit' in sessions if I want to, but it's not helpful for me.

I guess that made me feel a bit weird as well - I'm all for being challenged in a constructive way, but stuff like that, whether she intended it or not, really made me feel quite upset and hurt. It was something about the way she was saying that I could use my 'wit' all I wanted ... it felt a bit nasty somehow, although I don't know if it was intended that way or not.

I think maybe she was trying to say I overintellectualise stuff or something, which I'm sure I probably do ... But I just think that actually it's supposed to be a professional treatment service, 3 times a week across two years, and I'm paying thousands of pounds for it, so it would be actually very strange if I couldn't have discussions about what I would be looking for during this time and what I'm not comfortable with ... I definitely wouldn't expect to be interrupted when I start talking about things I'm not comfortable with. It's like going to someone who you have a professional relationship with and explaining you're not comfortable with some aspect of the relationship and they won't let you finish speaking about it!

I guess maybe there is something about me that is not working for her as well, otherwise surely she would't be doing this stuff, which is why maybe it's just not a good 'fit'.