AJB, that’s not drama! A therapist calling a client obsessive for wanting weekly appointments seems unresponsive and would distress any of us. I hear you say that he has been highly recommended, but how does all of this make YOU feel? What do you trust? I know that’s a silly question to ask a client, because we all have trust issues and often don’t trust ourselves. But you have to be your own advocate in health care and mental health is no exception. Do you feel that you are getting YOUR needs met? Are you feeling understood and accepted for whatever you bring into the arena?

Yes, sometimes we personalize and project things even with our T, but the fact is you need to be able to feel and speak freely w/o being made to feel that something is wrong with that whether by word or look. My T always says you can’t rationalize feelings, you can’t judge them, and you can’t discount them; feelings are feelings and especially in therapy they need to be heard. You deserve to be heard.