@emily1890, I'm sorry your mom was so cruel that they had to do that. You deserved a safehaven.

I remember as a teen (15) in therapy for the first time, after a traumatic experience. Since I was still so young, my parents were asked in be in the room. The whole time, my dad complained how I was stressing him out (for lack of better words). My issues then had little to do with him, so I saw that as self-centered and uncaring on his part. It made me refuse to return to those sessions. I loved my dad, but everything was always "all about him" most years of his life.