I went through something similar. I think my T did not think it was the greatest decision on my part to seek out a group, but he supported me in processing it.
I lived in a community overflowing with Ts. Seems like every Dr or prof's wife pursued an MA in Counseling and hung out a shingle. This was a survivors' group.
It took me a long time to see the dysfunctional patterns in the group, culminating in the T lying and sacrificing me to the group's anger rather than fess up and take responsibility for her actions. It was so bad that she then abandoned the group (and some of the women were very dependent and the group was their only therapy). Of course, some blamed me for "making her leave." I don't think so. Another T took it over, and she was nice enough, but I didn't feel she was experienced enough to handle what was now an extremely unstable group. I got out.
I tell you this because I see red flags here. It isn't about whether or not homeopathy is credible (the science seems more than a little whacked to me, but I have had good results with a couple of remedies), but rather the T's inserting it into therapy as a one size fits all approach. And doing this during group time and appearing oblivious to how this casts you in the role of outsider from the get-go.
I understand you're not wanting to repeat any of your patterns by leaving; at the same time, sometimes it really isn't us that is the problem! I'd hate to see you devote time in therapy that could be productive for you to dealing with the fall-out from an inherently non-functional group.
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