Yeah, when your T said that, it made me nervous that my T would eventually get sick of me and completely shut me down like that. I don't know. I just feel like a T shouldn't ever just refuse to talk about something (especially something as painful as being still around an abusive person) because she feels like you aren't doing everything you can to fix the situation. I'm kinda in a similar place. I'm not ready to be financially independent so I can't completely cut my parents out of the picture yet. I have to cooperate with them and listen to their crap until I am old enough and financially stable enough to pay my own bills. While it would be psychologically beneficial for me to cut ties with them, I would screw myself over because I couldn't afford to pay my rent, water, and electricity. If a T just refused to talk about my issues with my mom because I have been sacrificing a little but of my sanity to avoid being shoulders deep in debt, I dunno. That just seems wrong to me. You have to make your practice fit your client a little better and be willing to work through things ESPECIALLY if she feels they are self destructive in nature.