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I disagree with your T. There are lots of tools out there to help. CBT has lots of them. Focusing has another set of tools. IFS has tools. Heck, if they don't have things we can learn, we are just dependent - on the T or on the drugs. My therapist friends says that the Ts job is to lose this job, to help the client learn to be able to help themselves more.
I wonder if there is more context to what he said. Or if he sees his job to help you recognize the value of drugs. Perhaps he is right (I'm not suggesting he is). The best way to get someone to see something you would like them to see is not to resist them and their values, concerns, perspective. So even if he is right in the context of your case, he's not doing a very good job of helping you see his perspective. It sounds like he thinks he knows what you should feel and do. He's wrong. Regardless of whether the issue is drugs, or feelings, or whatever.
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