Leave him. Seriously--if you haven't already, fire him. There are good therapists out there.
I can totally relate. The first time I went to therapy I went because I was shy. I didn't want to be shy. I was probably dysthymia too. By the time she got done digging around looking for trauma that wasn't really there, I was suicidal. I also really damaged my relationship with my mom because of that therapist and her telling me how my mom didn't protect me from stuff that my dad didn't actually do. We've recovered the relationship, but it still makes my mom nervous when I talk about going to a therapist.
I needed cognitive therapy and assertiveness training. But psychodynamic was all she knew. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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