Thank you all for the responses. I didn't take time to read them until now.

I just wanted to add that the reason it bothered me so much is that it was so unbelievably false and relates to past trauma in therapy. I have tremendous empathy, in fact it can get me into trouble sometimes and I have been exploited and harmed because of it. Looking back I should have tried harder to challenge her but I was afraid to - this is a product of trauma in therapy and a typical Complex PTSD fawn response - trying NOT to rock her boat for fear that she may harm me. This is my fault and I am trying to gently test the waters and stand up for myself in situations like these. I hope she can understand that rewarding me for challenging someone is exactly what I need to heal. Penalizing this behavior risks re-traumatization.

I was told once in by a therapist that I needed to express my anger in therapy - so I did - I was immediately terminated. Penalizing me after giving me permission was incredibly traumatic - shame for feeling and expressing anger is exactly what I experienced in childhood despite every right to be upset, but needless to say, all of this was linked to past trauma in therapy and that is why it bothered me so much.

I have continued seeing the same therapist and have hit several road blocks and MANY red flags. (Which is to be expected considering my past abuse in therapy). Despite this, I have continued seeing her because I don't believe she is being intentionally harmful. I have chalked it up to an inevitable process of learning how to effectively treat me as a survivor of therapy trauma without knowing my history or traumas. She is doing a near impossible job in creating a safe therapeutic space, considering what I have been through in past therapy. I have to give her some wiggle room to make mistakes and forgive her in the process, otherwise I will run away from every therapist. I empathize with her a lot because I believe she wants to help but she is fallible and dealing with a fairly complex client (not bragging).

After pointing out red flags and challenging her a bit and letting her know how she makes me feel - she has learned to communicate better with me. In fact, in our interactions she has brought up Highly Sensitive Persons and she recently shared an incredible website:

hsperson.com

Turns out Highly Sensitive Persons resonates a lot with me and is also correlated with high degrees of empathy; which I have. I think she figured this out through further interactions and it shows me she is on the right track.

Thanks,
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