T email exchange:
Sent about an hour after my session:
Subject: "Wanting you to have faith in me"
"You said today that you’d support me in whatever I try regarding cutting back on drinking. Which I appreciate. And I know you’re citing various addictions research and trying to keep from me going down a hopeless path. Yet I want you to believe I can get through it and succeed (much like you seem to believe in my ability to overcome and be successful in other things in life). I know it ultimately comes down to believing in myself. But I also want to feel that you have faith in me, that you think I’m strong enough to overcome this. I know this is probably asking too much of you and might not be something you’d be willing to say, even if you did feel it. I just feel a bit hopeless about it right now, partly from what you said in session. And I need to have hope.
--LT"

T (a few hours later):
"Have hope. I do believe you can do it. I’m glad you’re continuing to seek solutions. It’s a tough obstacle to overcome, but definitely do-able."

I was very touched by his response--something in "Have hope" particularly spoke to me. And of course that he said he believed in me. I was fully expecting him to say it's not up to him to have faith/believe but for me. Or something like that. (I did send a brief reply thanking him and saying it made me feel better.)