Are you able to be open to the therapist with your thoughts on the matter? I remember a situation a long time ago with my former therapist where I thought she was telling me what to do. I brought it up to her that I didn't like being told what to do, we talked about it and it turned out I was only perceiving it that way. Im a 37 year old woman. I would never deal with someone telling me what to do. Not my husband, parents, siblings, therapist or anybody else.