Although her email and explanation was thoughtful, she was incredibly careless in how she approached this element of your therapy. It's too authoritarian for my tastes and not the way I would spell respect. But that's me.

I guess the question is whether or not you can work within this new framework, because she's made it clear that this is her approach. On the upside, she has continued to keep communication open, so it hasn't been the cold shoulder that others on pc have gotten. That's one good thing.

I'm just really sorry you're hurting from something that she introduced. Hang in there.