Yes, I think I want him to be able to sort of hold my feelings. I feel I’m getting the negative side of his sharing his feelings with me without the positive. Like if at times he was like “I care very much about you, so it’s hard to see you hurting like this” to balance out the “I feel you’re trying to control me” or “you’re being manipulative,” then I think I could deal with it. But it’s like I’m just getting his negative reactions. And it would be good to explore what they’re really about. He seems open to that at times but not others.

Maybe I do need a humanistic one, but they seem sort of rare in my area per Psychology Today (despite my area having quite a few T’s, like kind of a ridiculous number really). The one I’m attempting to consult with again (possibly see longer term?) is trained in attachment issues.