I am SO sorry you are experiencing bullying from your supervisor. I feel for you as I have been in your shoes.

My boss used to be the same towards me, and it got so bad that I became suicidal and had to take four and a half months off from work. I went to HR about her bullying, and now she can no longer bully me. HR put a stop to it, and now everything she says and does is watched over by HR.

Usually in cases like this where the person is above you, they DO feel threatened by you, your skills and your competence and that is why they bully. My boss is less competent and less intelligent than I am, I had better ideas than she did, so she bullied me for it. This is very common, I have read.

I don't know how your therapist could help, I would think that someone in the organization itself needs to put a stop to it. Someone who has power over her.

Do you have a human resources department or HR individual you can speak with? Or, what about going over her head to her boss or the company owner about her bullying? Is there someone above her you can speak with?

If there IS someone you can speak with within the organization, write down all incidents (as best as you can remember them), write down exactly what she has said to you and how she has behaved with each instance, and present that to the person you want to speak with. Approach it calmly and professionally, as best you can.

The thing is, if we present our mental health issues as a reason why we are having trouble with this person, it could dilute or cloud the main point -- that the person is bullying. The mental health issues will make it seem like it's YOU and not THEM. That's just my own thought, though... I could be wrong, but it is my gut feeling.

You could say that her bullying is impacting your mental health and is making your symptoms worse.

Also, never ever ever think that you deserve this kind of treatment. This is HER issue. She is a bully and is abusive. It is not YOU, it's HER. (((((Hugs))))

I truly hope you can find a resolution to this and soon. You deserve to feel good about yourself and to not have someone be stomping all over your self-worth and self-esteem.