Hi, your therapist should work on how you overturn feelings of shame, guilt and self deprecating thoughts and turn those into more positive, optimistic beliefs. From what I know about cognitive behavioral therapy, every time you have a negative thought or feeling about yourself, challenge it and ask why am I thinking or feeling this way? There is no basis for this in reality, there is nothing that supports it, so there is no reason for it and no way to benefit from it. It's called thought stopping -- then thought shifting to more positive thoughts that support reality and the reality as you want it to be. Hope this makes sense.... it takes effort to continually challenge your feelings and negative thought patterns, but it's well worth the effort. I hope your therapist continues to help you with this. (((((hugs))))))