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Originally Posted by AzureCoast
This might be a good opportunity to practice confronting someone and standing up for yourself and facing your fears of upsetting someone (if she takes it personally, too bad). Of course she might take it personally-someone is telling her she is doing something disrespectful, which reflects negatively on her. She'd take it personally if she thinks she does no wrong/has trouble seeing her faults and shortcomings since she doesn't have the self-awareness to see this. But a person with an average amount of self reflection would be ok, someone above average would be glad to be told. And a therapist should see how their behaviors affect others. So if she feels reactive, that's on her.
You could keep the option of cancelling appointments as an escape.
But maybe you could turn lemons into lemonade here. Best of luck.
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She's known for being defensive and taking things personally. I usually have to give her an introduction or explain myself well before speaking so that it doesn't go in that direction. She thinks she's always right which is the issue. No matter what I say I'm wrong. I'm not sure how she can defend the phone issue. She well hold it against me. I'm thinking it might be one of the few sessions that she has gotten away with it. I'm sure someone had said something at some point and she doesn't have the leisure to do so. I think she takes advantage of it in my session. She's always on her phone whether it's texting or calling.