I'm sorry it didn't go well. Was there a disconnect because your T didn't understand how important this topic was to you? There have been a few times I wanted to talk about something with my T, and I brought it up, and my T skimmed right over it, like "this is not important enough to spend much time on", and spent just a few minutes on it, then was done, "what else?" Arrghh. I do not have good memories of those times. Total disconnect! Maybe something similar happened for you?

So because you had one disconnected session, the sky is falling? C'mon, girl! Do you know about the good enough mother? The mother is "good enough" if you can connect with her 1/3 of the time. Another 1/3 is spent in rupture, and another 1/3 in between. Same goes for therapist. The therapist is "good enough" if you connect 1/3 of the time. Could it be that this was not one of those times for you and doesn't mean you are stuck?

The feeling of being stuck ("gone as far as I can in therapy"), is one that therapists can help you with. I'm glad your T emailed you back with her version of reality.

Hang in there.

You do sound disappointed when you write that you've gone as far as you can in therapy. If there were no limitations, where would you want to go in therapy? Maybe this is something you can share with your T. Maybe she can help make it happen.