He is sharing a lot of his emotions and responses, I would struggle with that. I have had Ts in the past who weren't dissimilar actually in the kind of responses they gave me, and I found myself becoming more and more distressed and pulled into a very difficult dynamic as a result. I had a T who told me she felt controlled by me because I sent a text when I was upset, and stuff like that. And each time I tried to sort it, it ended up more distressing and actually rather like my difficult marriage in a lot of ways. I know that my T was triggered because she was having strong counter transference feelings towards me in wanting to look after me as a child (this was obvious to me as time went on) which as a T she knew she couldn't, but we went deeply into what felt like a power struggle because we were battling each other emotionally. So I think I get it.. It sounds to me like your T is absolutely having emotional reactions to you, he's triggered and doesn't know how to deal with the situation effectively in a way that doesn't worsen things for you. There is a place for a T to disclose their emotions and be real, it's good sometimes to do that, but if the T is triggered, that is just a receipe for disaster.
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