I brought it up again today and said I wondered if he was concerned about how I’d react to his answer. He said yes, that he thinks a lot about how I might react to things like that. How he doesn’t want me to feel I have to “take care of him.” He knows how much I think about therapy and about my history with therapists. There’s stuff with him that can be really frustrating, things he won’t share. But his explanation (this and other things), where he’s concerned about how it might affect me and what I feel comfortable sharing, that shows he’s trying to be a good therapist for me. (And not repeat the mistakes of some of mine from the past.) of course, I still wish he’d share more!