I'm a therapist and I've got this one patient who is quite difficult. He's a young man who is extra intelligent, but due to his past trauma he has tendencies to push people away once they get too close.

I have managed to build a good report with this kid, he trusts me now and has opened up a bit. But he's still holding back and won't allow himself to be completely honest. I can tell we're very close to one though, which is why his behaviour is becoming more difficult.

In our last session I asked him about his career aspirations and he didn't really want to talk about it. When I pressed on the topic he gave a sarcastic answer so I told him I'm ending the session and to "get the fuck out". He immediately got upset and angry with me, I gave him another chance to answer his career aspirations and he couldn't, so I kicked him out. He flipped out and said "fuck you" to me and I made sure to hit him with a witty response on his way out.

My colleague heard about this and was pretty upset with me. He says I need to gently push this kid towards a career in advances mathematics, not to kick him out of sessions, but I told him that I know what I'm doing and that I don't care what job he works. The kid will be allowed back next week and I will see if he's ready to be more honest and open up. He needs to confront his trauma and realize it's not his fault instead of using his defense mechanisms to deflect away from real topics.

What do you guys think?