Thanks, my session actually went well. I was pleasantly surprised. I shared just about everything I needed to share and actually this time I felt like I got an appropriate response. So this T is a keeper and my pattern with Ts appears to be broken! Super stoked about that. I think the missing human element was my own fault in this case.

Role equivalency sounds interesting... I think that is the ultimate goal of therapy, really. But, once you have reached that role equivalency, do you think it's helpful to continue therapy beyond that point? To me at that point it sounds like it would almost just be more of a friendship type of relationship, which is fine, but shouldn't cost money!

Mine never said any such thing but in hindsight that is clearly what was going on. And for me that amounts to exploitation. Only one of us was paying.