I feel like he’s explained it differently each time I’ve asked which is why it’s fuzzy to me. Part of is that I was expressing a lot via email, and not much in session so I think he wanted to bring stuff into session. That makes some sense to me. I think he also felt like I was “regressing” sometimes in emails and that he was supporting that by responding. Whatever the reason, I certainly don’t want to ask him to do something that doesn’t feel right to him, but I thought an occasional brief comforting response might be ok. Apparently not.