He definitely has a good understanding of attachment and the fall out from poor attachment as a child, and is very aware of how sensitive I am to rejection and abandonment. He describes himself as an integrative, humanistic and relational therapist, but it does feel over the year that I’ve worked with him his style has slightly changed to more psychodynamic and analytic and some of that relational aspect has reduced over time. It’s still there if I really push for it, but it’s not offered so freely and frequently.
I have drafted an email to him about my apprehensions but also said that I would like to give it a try. I think I need to remind him that it’s the preverbal/toddler parts of me that we are dealing with when it comes to the separation anxiety, so it’s those parts we have to work to appease and soothe. I think he sometimes forgets that and goes to automatically thinking about what could work for an adult.