Sunrise, your t having reprimanded you probably accounts for your reluctance/fear to talk about this again. Dear you, your reluctance is totally understandable. Therapy cannot proceed in an atmosphere of fear. Better yet, trust cannot exist in an atmosphere of fear. Perhaps talk this over with your t and I would hope the two of you can repair this rupture. Yeah, that's another whole topic, rupture and repair in psychotherapy. It's important to be able to discern whether the rupture was created by the therapist or client. In this case, it seems the therapist has contributed by responding in a way that made you fear to disclose again.
I would hope he can apologize and take it back.
I will reiterate my point cuz I feel it is so crucial in order for therapy to be of benefit to a person: There's gotta be a level of trust in order for healing to take place. If the therapist is making it hard for you to trust him of what good is it to meet with him? Unless the trust can be re-established, I don't see much hope for a therapeutic relationship.
Take gentle care,
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