Chopin, I felt really yucky when I read the things your T said. Kind of queasy, sick to my stomach. I felt really bad for you. If you want to continue therapy with her, maybe it's better if you two don't discuss religion. That seems a lame suggestion, but I don't know what else could be done to make therapy with her bearable. I just finished taking a counseling class at my school and at least in the model they taught, self disclosure from the therapist is discouraged unless it is directly therapeutic for the client. Your T told you WAY TOO MUCH about her personal religious beliefs. It just doesn't seem appropriate at all for her to disclose all of that about herself. I don't think it was therapeutic or client-centered at all.

I think your detailed comments about her ugly physical appearance are very telling. Suddenly you see her ugliness--of spirit, of heart, of soul. You also state that people who look like her are often mentally retarded, i.e. cognitively impaired. Perhaps this is your way of observing what you think of the cognitive worth of her statements, that they are BS.