Irritated therapist

I haven't seen annoyance yet. But there's always time!

My T has been irritated with me so much I can't even remember all of the circumstances. He has been openly angry with me too, raising his voice but catching himself.

I'm ok with it because he and I have an understanding--If I want the kind of therapy where he truly cares and has a real connection to me, he reserves the right to have real feelings, good and bad. He feels terribly about "losing it" on me but I know that he is emotionally invested in our work.

Yes, and his irritation began a rupture because it scared me. I didn't understand the why behind his irritation. He blamed me but I hadn't really done anything to provoke him. I left therapy because I was confused.

When I returned a few weeks later to ask him, I learned his irritation was really more about him, than me. He was irritated with himself for something he had done. He projected

Echoes, it sounds like you have a good T. If your T is irritated with you, I agree with what you said....I see that as a good thing, it means she cares. I hope you get that chance to discuss it Monday!

My t admitted to being irritated with me once. We talked about it, and the fact that it scared me because I don't like peopl ebeing upset with me, and we moved on.

ECHOES, did you have your session today? How did it go?