My therapist said something to me today that made me angry. I struggle to identify and show my anger and it's one of the things I am working on. I told him I was angry about after he said what she said which is progress. He didn't apologise but acknowledged it was the wrong of him to say it. What bothers me most is that it is not the first time he has said what he said! It is quite a surprising thing what he said and if someone else said it to me would also be as anger-inducing. We talked about it for a few minutes but then moved on as the session was near the end. As time has passed I have become even angrier and can't seem to forget about it. I mean saying it once is a slip of the tongue. Saying it twice indicates it's a belief of his. It also seems out of line with things he would normally say. Perhaps I am off base with this but It makes me question whether he said what he said on purpose in order to get a reaction. Is this possible or am I reaching here? I mean either way it doesn't matter now as it made me angry so whether on purpose or not perhaps there is a positive side to it but I just want to know is therapists might do these things. Do they ever try to elicit anger in clients who struggle to express it? I plan to bring it up again next session.