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Originally Posted by lifeamateur
My therapist blurted out, "You are an extremely beautiful woman" during a session where I was telling him about feeling objectified by harassment.
I didn't respond. Did he say this because he wanted to see how I would respond? Does he want to see if I agree? Is he testing me for narcissism? Do therapists do this? It happened several weeks ago and I don't know how to bring it up. I've been seeing him for about 6 months and this was the first time he has said anything of this nature.
I'm actually not extremely beautiful. I feel I am pretty average looking.
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He responded to your feelings of being objectified by further objectifying you? I would be bothered by that, but I would also have pointed it out. If you're otherwise happy with him, I would probably give him the benefit of the doubt, but also say something at the same time because I can't let things like that go. I would not like a therapist commenting on my looks or appearance, especially not in the context of an issue I was having with other people doing that.