I don't think this is a fair or accurate description of what has happened here. Some people have been critical of what he has "offered"-- speaking only for myself-- because he is not sharing his own experience, but pontificating (and not in a particularly thoughtful or insightful way) about the problems "people" have in their therapeutic relationships. He bored me and I felt his attitude was judgmental. I don't really feel there's much of a role for an unacredited Professor of Therapy here.

But, mostly, I feel like you are attacking those who have said that they don't care for what he's said or how he's said it. Seems pretty hypocritical to me. I think it's healthy for people to disagree and I especially think it's healthy when people speak honestly about how they feel about what someone's written here. In a perfect world, we'd all be polite and respectful in every dimension all the time in our disagreements. But at least I can't always live up to that. And underlying all of this is that I refuse to pretend or be fake in any way here (or in my life either). I call them as I see them and I'm okay with people disagreeing with me but I am so not, not, not okay with someone saying that it's "vicious" or "attacking" or otherwise implying that it's not okay to state your opinion that someone is speaking in a way that is not useful or interesting to me.

Disagreement and conflict should be okay here. I adore you, hanky, but I feel as if you are trying to silence these in this thread, and that's tough for me to take. I have no doubt that I am super sensitive and probably overreacting given my history, but that's how I feel.

Anne