Pointless things the therapist says

I can't figure out if she thinks I am moron or if she is a moron or if she simply can't handle silence.

"You don't like being humiliated" = really? what is this supposed to mean? Who the hell likes to be humiliated? It was not even the point of why I was relating the incident.

"Stupidity of others frustrates you" = yes - of course it does. Who goes hurrah - I am dealing with an idiot? Again her response was not even related to the point of why I was relating the incident.

"Your response was normal" I don't ****ing care if it was normal or not -I did not ask if it was abnormal - I did not imply it was not normal. I did not say I was a unique ****ing little snowflake. Why on earth are you responding with it is normal?

"I think it is good you did X" - I didn't ask your ****ing permission. I don't need your ****ing approval.

And her **** with me response when I ask is that she did not really have a reason. Then shut the **** up if you don't have a reason to say something.
Quit messing with me.

Does the one you see do things like this? Are such statements from those guys useful for you?
I am not asking for advice or interpretation on what I do.

would it seem like they were listening if the response had nothing to do with the point you were trying to make?

When they mirror back and get it wrong, that's your chance to clarify.

Hmm. After answering I read some more answers. I wonder if part of the reason I don't find any of my therapist's interventions pointless is that I have had the same training as him in the same schools and always know where he's going with it (if I'm in the mood to wonder). So even if he just mirrors what I tell him or says something about himself or makes a clumsy joke, I know what benefit it might have therapeutically. So maybe that also contributes to my feeling it all has a point.

No my T does not do that. It sounds too textbookie and like beginners counselling. I think I'd feel irritated if Tdid say those things to me.

This reminds me of being taught this technique in grad school and how some fellow students thought that anything was mirroring-material, so they would repeat anything and everything the client ended their sentence with. Not many did this, but some. Now THAT I found pointless.

One time the woman's clock was broken and so I got out my watch and she asked why-I told her her clock was off -and she picked it up, looked at it, and then looked back at me and told me I was right. Of course I was right - I know what time the appointment I have is and the clock was not reflecting that time at all - how would I have been wrong? I don't need her to tell me I am right. Good lord - why would anyone need a therapist to tell them they are right about knowing if a clock is broken.

Of course I tell the woman she is wrong and that her speaking is useless. Weekly in the beginning, and now every time I allow her talk (which I no longer do every week).

Just wondered if others had the sort of experience or not.

Oh, I also once got super irritated when he asked me "how did that make you feel?" My response: "Really? Really?? Come on. You're a better therapist than that." He had the good grace to blush about it at least.

It seemed like that hurt his feelings a bit. He also mentioned to me once that "Idiot" is not a term of endearment. I thought I had said "Idiot" in the nicest possible way.

Oh, I also once got super irritated when he asked me "how did that make you feel?" My response: "Really? Really?? Come on. You're a better therapist than that." .

To me, personally, validation looks more like a re-phrasing of what I've said, not an exact repetition of what I've said. Rephrasing helps me understand that they have digested and understood what I was getting at.