His statement would bother me too. I suspect I would consider a 4th option, which I wonder if it isn't open to you or you would have mentioned it - find a new T (I know, it's not easy.
I probably wouldn't continue while focusing on something else. My belief is that the essence of therapy and therapeutic change is in the relationship between the T & cl. The various tools (IFS, CBT, Gestalt, DBT) can be helpful, and enhance the learning, but it's foundation is the relationship - a trust and acceptance of each other. Maybe other people have pulled it off and can comment on that.
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