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Originally Posted by IndestructibleGirl
Thank you.
Thanks...this would have been my view too but the whole bloody thing made me doubt myself. I do think you can verbally abuse somebody, but to me that is something different than what I said - it would be calling someone an insulting word, etc. And yeah, therapy is pointless if you have to be on best behaviour. **** that ****. This is the woman who told me it was ok to get angry towards her a week ago  Well, I was angry. Now I'm irritated and mistrustful. |
It
is okay to get angry in therapy. That's what it's there for. And no, telling her that she's insensitive is not verbally abusive either. Things that I would classify as verbally abusive: swearing, threatening, yelling (in some cases), personal put-downs, etc. You weren't doing that. You were telling her that you felt she was being insensitive. I don't see anything abusive about that at all, and abuse is a
really big word for a T to use towards a client.