I said "I'm not sure". I had a therapist that I intensely disliked at the end, but it did not start out that way. It was a result of getting to know him better and experiencing his behaviors more. I certainly don't recall that therapy as effective, but it did raise my (already existing) awareness to some personality traits that I really despise. It helped me a bit to recognize signs of these earlier so that I don't waste my time and energy on people like that, especially if they don't show any willingness to adjust.
There are also all those Ts (mine above was one) who claim that experiencing and "working through" what they define as negative transference can be very useful. There have been many posts on this forum by people who claim it helped them. One problem with this is that very few Ts seem to be able to really tolerate it and act in helpful ways when these things occur.
I personally would not continue paying a T that I really dislike (why I terminated with my first T), I don't see the point of trying to collaborate when we have major personality and value clashes. I would not listen to them or respect their opinions. I am not sure how and why such a major clash could be used as "therapy work" - what to work on? I am not a hostile person and can assert frustration/anger/disagreement in fairly civil ways in everyday life. Or just avoid people who truly clash with me, there aren't very many. I like to work on being adaptable but there are limits to what I am willing to adapt to.
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