Yes! I reserved the right to not answer any questions I did not want to answer (he would not have agreed otherwise anyway) but he could ask anything he wanted. Many of the questions he asked surprised me as they weren’t things I ever would have though of talking about in therapy. T was hesitant at first but then when I didn’t get defensive he really got into it. I will admit I thought most of his questions were boring... like I have really bad teeth that I tend to be self conscious about... T asked why my teeth were so bad and if it bothered me so much why hadn’t I gotten them fixed. Weird. Anyway, the session was an awesome rapport builder between T and I even though none of the questions had anything to do with why I was in therapy. I would love to do it again once we get past all the stuff that feels really urgent right now. I think if we did it again T might ask more therapy related questions as opposed to just strange personal stuff.
You know, now that I am thinking about it... that session was kinda like the T version of a google search... he would never google me... so letting him ask anything allowed him the chance to see the person me rather than the client me. IDK... it was kinda fun, he was very thankful and it really helped build our relationship.