Wow. I think it’s interesting that he thinks he’s ensuring your psychological safety (or anyone’s) in his office. And that your sense of what would work and feel beneficial for you is necessarily less well-informed than his opinion of the same. As for physical safety I assume you manage Outdoor Walking unaccompanied with relative success on a regular basis? I assume you would manage to continue with the same success while in his company?

These people do think an awful lot of themselves.