New therapist says I'm not BP

Is this therapist licensed? Maybe all they have is their Masters in counseling. Are they young to the profession? I do not think experienced practitioners would say such things. If they are young, this person needs to go back to school. He obviously missed some classes. If they are experienced, IMO they should stay involved with aspects of psychology that they know best, which apparently does not include being a good diagnostician. They need to leave the diagnosis to the pdoc. However, this lack of judgement on their part should motivate you into finding another therapist.

I agree with others that I don’t like some of the things that therapist said. But I understand your feeling confused. I’m working on trying to get a proper diagnosis right now and while treatment is most important, it’s nice to know what your diagnosis actually is as well.

I have a therapist who was making all sorts of commentary on my meds and how my pdoc was treating me, etc. Pdoc has known me three years. Tdoc three months. It sort of creeped me out. After all pdoc does not nose into my therapy sessions. It is time for a new therapist.

When I was first diagnosed with BP1 I was in denial for a really long time. My denial was exacerbated by having a T that didn’t “believe in using labels.”
My pdoc actually spoke to my T and told my T that for me to to get well I needed to hear from my T about techniques to “manage Bipolar 1”. Having a T who didn’t acknowledge my diagnosis was not good.
With my 2nd T: when again the “I don’t believe in labels” phrase was used I told them that if they weren’t capable of acknowledging my diagnosis that we would not be working together. That shut them up pretty quick.