Therapists are usually quite good at analyzing and hiding their body language.
I've known this therapist for almost a year, I'm quite familiar with their expressions. As a CA survivor I also tend to be hypervigilant and pick up on subtle clues.
I'm not sure how to interpret a rather long-lasting smirk in a therapy session context when the patient is crying and relating their depressive thoughts.
While it might come from a place of being dealing with pain or uncomfortable feelings, it seems rather inappropriate given the context, level of training, and background in criminal assesment work.
In your experience, are there instances where a trained professional would intentionally use their body language to transmit a message like in this context, or would it be a sign that they've become slightly too involved on an emotional level?
I've seen some professionals intentionally accentuating or at least not hiding their reactions, but never in the field of psychology and in such a particularly delicate context. It came out as inappropriate to me and I wonder if I should comment on it or leave it be.