This really hits home with me. It took me about six months to get my T to take me seriously.

I'm just floored by some of these therapists' lack of perception. I'm not tarring them all with the same brush. But honestly! Reading these posts about it just inflames me! These people are feelings specialists. How on earth so many of them can have such low emotional intelligence is beyond me. This is what they do for chrissakes.

Sometimes I want to grab these people by the collars and yell "JUST DO YOUR JOB!"

As in:

"You have a client who has come to you, and is paying you X amount of dollars to work with you, because they're in pain. Assume they're not okay. Believe them when they tell you they're hurting. If on the other hand they look fine, or they're not saying much of anything, then delve deeper. It's your job to try to find out the reason this person is sitting in your office, seeking your help."

I mean how frickin' hard is it?