Akama's right, that's not CBT at all. This therapist sounds like he doesn't want to deal with your thoughts and is focusing on you just pretending to be fine so he doesn't have to do any work.
CBT is a process where the therapist helps you understand your thoughts, why you have them, where did they come from, and how to best battle them. It's not about simply ignoring them, since if it were that easy we wouldn't need therapists in the first place.
The other than you mentioned about someone threatening you... A good therapist validates your emotions rather than ignoring them. That's real fear, and that fear deserves to be expressed. Without expressing that fear, it gets bottled up and leads to TONS of problems.
I guess your story made me kind of angry, and I really do suggest you ask to be referred to someone else. Is that an intern or something? It's just really sad if that's all he wants to do... You deserve much better.
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