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Old Dec 14, 2012, 07:48 PM
autotelica autotelica is offline
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I am happy you've realized it is about her and not about you. Maybe this is the one valuable lesson you can extract from this...although I'm sure it's a painful one to swallow.

I know you're accostomed to the religious thing, but I am really bothered by the "we have no control, God has all the control" talk. If this is true, why do people pray? And what point is free will if we have no control? And if God has all the control, why shouldn't we resent him for causing our suffering? I'd love for my therapist to go there with me so that I could get into a good argument with her. But I know this is a fantasy.

I would also be bothered by her refusal to own up to her own emotions. She's supposed to be setting a good example for you. I think the interaction would have been salvageable if she had just said, "Yes, I was mad, but it's because I let my emotions get in the way of reason" or something like that. I think there is place for anger in a therapeutic setting, but she totally loused it up. And not in a way that's even understandable or sympathetic.
Thanks for this!
Chopin99