Hugs, SK, hope it's OK to comment. But that sounds really painful. And it doesn't sound like CBT to me? I mean, maybe some elements with the trying to change your thoughts. But I'm not sure how his reinforcing bad feelings about you would help? It's something I got upset with my T (who doesn't use religion in his practice at all--I think he's Jewish anyway) about recently when I was really upset about a mistake I made and felt really ashamed, and he was saying how feeling ashamed is the correct reaction to a mistake, and it's hopefully something that leads to change. . I sort of get what he was trying to say now, but it was really painful at the time and not what I needed to hear at all when I was in a bad place (he said some more affirming stuff in that email, too, but that was the part that stood out to me, so it was hard to see the positive stuff). Do you see your regular T later this week?