Yes, he’s had positive verbal responses when I’ve expressed how difficult it is for me to come in. He’ll say that he’s glad I came or that he hopes I’ll come. Once I canceled via email but went to my session anyway and he was so positive about how glad he was that I showed up. One time recently I emailed saying I was thinking about taking a break from therapy for a month or two, and he responded by saying “Let’s talk about it next week.” Not an especially warm response, but since he doesn’t respond at all it felt like something. Also, I once asked him (via email) to tell me he wanted me to come in and talk and he responded by saying, “I absolutely want you to come in and talk” which was nice. I can’t ask him to do that every week though, and it seems that’s what it’s come down to. When I read the paragraph I just wrote he sounds pretty awesome doesn’t he? So why is this so hard for me??? It’s embarrassing and it doesn’t make sense. He’s kind and I can barely tolerate it.