Other highlights from today: I said that she sometimes has a sinister cast to her that makes it hard to trust. When she resisted fully acknowledging my view on a topic, I said she was treating me like an Apple product (she is resistant to switching over from pcs). I took her up on her long ago offer to answer personal questions, by inquiring why she goes out of town to see her dentist (I only knew about the dentist location when she was running late for a session). I got a great response to my question about therapy as a medical expense, which included a good discussion about the kinds of records she keeps and her agreement that clients are screwed if they are abused by therapists and want to take them to court because they are hung out to dry with the loss of confidentiality. And then we covered some pressing identity issues, and I left feeling a lot better than I have in a long time. It was a really good session.