Jokes in Therapy?

I love the way she jokes around appropriately. It makes me more comfortable. My old one used to make more personal, painful jabs and that wasn't good. I joke around when I'm nervous and the worst was my old (leather pastel) pdoc, who would not crack a smile if her entire collection of suede pants depended on it.

I laugh a lot with both my pdoc and my T-they both have great senses of humor.

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Joking was a requirement. My very first session with my therapist I informed her I did not do well with my former therapist because he was too serious. I said I need to laugh about my issues as that is my way to cope. I also said I know how therapy works and I am not in to blank slates. I need to know my therapist is human and has flaws of their own. If you don't like joking around, let him know. To each his own.

My T jokes around but it's always at an appropriate time and it's never insensitive or hurtful.

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We talked about it in session today. He said it was a type of intervention that apparently doesn't work well for me.

Glad he recognised that, maybe he will stop doing it. Pleased for you.

How does that answer sit with you now? I am glad that you got to bring it up with your t, that took courage!

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It still sounds to me like he did not take responsibility for it. It sounds to me like he is blaming you for his lack of sensitivity.

I thought this too. It sounds like the sort of thing my first therapist would have said. Current T would probably have apologised for his insensitivity (actually he wouldn't have made hurtful jokes in the first place).
I wonder whether OP feels satisfied with the response?

Yeah, kinda crappy response. I feel like he doesn't care how I feel.

Sorry Brazen. It must have been tough bringing it up and to be met with something that made you feel bad again is even worse. He doesn't seem to be very in tune with you at all. Hugs.

Yeah, maybe finding someone who is in tune is impossible.

We both joke about stuff, but it's never hurtful. We didn't in the beginning, it's taken time and the building of this t relationship and getting to know each other to get comfortable with joking about things in therapy. I teased her one time about her technological abilities and she playfully told me to shut up, and sometimes she'll say something about me being stubborn and I go "HEY!" and then we laugh. Mostly anything that she gently teases me about or jokes about, it's because she knows that I know she's been there herself - if that makes any sense.