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Originally Posted by justafriend306
I don't believe it is a therapist's job to make you feel better. Rather it is their job to gently lead you to look at your life critically. They are there to then teach and guide you to challenge yourself in either coping with those difficult things in/about your life and hopefully give you skills to make change. Simply affirming your point of view does nothing to encourage personal growth.
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Well I disagree. I think they should encourage you - the progress you make - in tough times. Her comments get in the way of me "looking at my life critically". They do nothing constructive. It may work for you.
And I don't want her to just affirm what I'm saying. But there's a big difference between that and the comments she's making.