I would never, ever, let a therapist determine what is in my long term or short term best interest. I don't think their job is all that hard and really if they would just ask me I will tell them. And I do think it is that easy. And when they don't listen to me, I don't go along with them. It is no big deal to the therapist one way or the other - but I am not going to roll over and submit. I am not looking for them to explain what they are doing at me so I know what I should do correctly. I want to know what they are doing at me so I can decide if it is what I want done or is going to lead to the result I want and not them. I don't want just any willy nilly thing the therapist may decide for me. And honestly I may want X but if the price of X is Y - Y is not what I am willing to do to get X. I need to know what the Y is and if it is blindly submitting to a therapist - I can live without X quite easily.