A couple snippets (paraphrased for brevity, as usual):
Me: You're being so honest. Can't you just tell me what I want to hear?
T: (laughs) No. If that's what you want you're going to have to get a different therapist.
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Me: (asks a question about processing trauma)
T: (answers my question) ... You're going to have to go through this until you're done.
Me: No thanks. I really don't want to.
T: Sorry, it's just the way it works. That's the truth.
Me: .... Can you just tell me a teeny tiny lie instead? Just a little one?
T: No.
There seems to be an ongoing theme here.
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