Maybe you need to look for a female (but not to knock women but most are bunk in my experience and a good female is hard to find but a jewel when you do) and ask him for a referral. He is triggering you and hence you are doing a form of exposure therapy you may not be ready for.

I have had to face my anger but my doctor before the move was trained for as long as I have been alive to defuse people.

And I do not believe there is such a thing as threadjacking... People don't seem to get a thread should open up new ideas and feelings; issues. Once it is sparked run with it and let it out. That is how we heal.

I have had a panic attack in office and she shuts the lights low to calm me before every session as for some reason the bright doctor office lights mess me up (keeps a dim lamp on) and we have been in the floor while she talks me down and does yoga then we go on to therapy. She is not the typical therapist. But I went through a few.

She is even making me a tape since she has such a calming effect on me to meditate to. Her voice on her own time to try to help me rid myself of shame. These people are very hard to come by I know but they are out there. You can find one I am sure with time.

I did get where I could not speak to my old doc once as he tried to get me to do a form of meditation. He told me I need to fantasize. His mess up he said even if it was sexual if it made me feel better do it. OK, I was abused for so long how in the heal would that type help? Just hearing him say it left me out of whack.

From my experience find someone who is trained to not openly trigger before ready.