LT--I only just read your post about the stone session and most of the post about the session immediately after as well. And I really admire your courage. You kept going and discussed things honestly when I would have shut down as soon as he said creepy.

I do think your T means well, and I think he tries. And I respect your decision to stick with him. Seems like a learning opportunity for both of you.

But, man, your T would have harmed me so much if he were my T. I developed the same intense transference feelings for my T that you did for yours. And if my T had described my feelings, or my associating a transitional object with him and holding it for comfort, as "creepy," it would have caused me irreparable harm (because of the nature of my issues).

Everyone's different, and something that would harm one client could be benign or even helpful to another. But I wonder if this has ever occurred to your T?