Why you as a client should be allowed to feel safe and invited to express whatever you’re feeling

One frequent misapprehension I see made by therapists is to conflate the client’s resistance to connecting with or expressing something with “being uncooperative” when in fact it is the spirit of the client cooperatively presenting the very fear and adopted protective mechanism that they need to process. If you as a client feel anything less than encouragement to fully express yourself, you might be better off working with someone else.