yeah, you are probably right about his choosing to focus in on one topic.

deskilled... hum... well i appreciate that part of this is due to my issues but part of it is due to their issues too.

incompetent. unable to help. inadequate.

that is the general gist...

e.g., i've seen some therapists who had a toolkit of strategies:

anxiety:

- cognitive restructuring 'the world is a safe and friendly place'
- progressive muscle relaxation training

etc

once you have gone through the work book and still have a problem therapists have terminated me 'i don't know what else to do to help you'.

or...

it is partly about 'them expert - me ignorant'. often times people think that their expertise consists in their knowledge of my disorder. thats all well and good but i've read up too. i have an opinion too. i might well disagree with theirs and some people find that deskilling. which is to say threatening to their ego.

the fact that i'll say 'well thats one theory but i think this is a better one and here are 5 reasons why'.

up to them how they respond of course...

but tends to throw people...

so usually i just shut the hell up and let them talk... but... therapy is supposed to be about me - right? so instead of going 'yeah sure' when i get a little speech on something... why can't i participate and turn it into a conversation?

don't know what i'm saying. i suspect it is my issue again. what doesn't help particularly is that this has been used as an excuse to terminate me before 'i don't know how to help you' 'i can't give you anything you don't already know' 'you don't need therapy' 'if you want that then that really is elective and you better get a high paying job'.

i dunno. we will see...