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AS I began telling him, "I hurt.." he'd begin speaking into his tape recorder "Patient says she hurts...

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Sounds like he had a short term memory problem and couldn't wait until he left the room to do his dictations. That behavior would really %#@&#! me off too.

My T frequently reflects back what I say however she does it using her own words so I don't feel it is a clinical technique. She also may not do it immediately following what I said. She often comes back a few minutes later and says something... "Before when you mentioned you felt..." One thing that does tend to bother me is when she repeats things that were very difficult for me to say. Or I will say something using a more general term, and she will reflect it back very specifically. I know this is also suppose to be therapeutic and is her way of indicating that she is comfortable talking about certain things and using certain words, but... I'M NOT and it bothers me. If I ever go back, I'll have to tell her this.