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Originally Posted by SalingerEsme
She is supposed to build an alliance with you, and keep her opinions about public school to herself. Although therapist view self disclosure differently, none of them use it to make the client feel offset and self- conscious. You shouldn't even know about this conflict, because she should be entering into your world& paradigm with curiosity. She sounds less than theraputic.
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This is what I think, too. I wish she would be more supportive in some respects. I like to hear her viewpoints, but if she is going to make broad generalizations related to things to affect me personally, my hackles go up. I get worried and defensive. Same thing about my dieting. If I could eat in moderate amounts and lose weight, then I would do so. I've done this when I was younger and it worked. But now that I'm older it's not working. She's older, too, so it's strange that she hasn't put these things together for herself. Doesn't she gain weight more easily as an older woman? One of my other doctors told me she certainly noticed easier weight gain in herself as she aged. I don't see why she can't put herself in the shoes of other people more.