Posted by Christ_empowered on January 13, 2011, at 14:38:10
In reply to Has anyone been told 'you research too much'?, posted by Cydnie on January 13, 2011, at 12:48:41
I don't know your situation, really--just what you told me, but to me it sounds like your therapist was pushing some utterly inane, self-serving psycho-babble "don't be such a victim/loser!" crap disguised as help/advice, and you had the audacity to stand up for yourself. Now, she can't help you.
I go to therapy. I take meds. However, my therapist challenges me and asks me questions. He doesn't shove half-baked nonsense about my problems with meds being "all in my head," or due to "reading too much on the internet."
Sounds to me like she think an ignorant patient=a happy patient, and she obviously can't handle you when you step out of the role she's placed you in. Look what happened? You spoke up and suddenly you're cut off. Was she really even trying to help you? If I had conflict with my therapist, we'd work through it. Not because he's the best in the world, or because I'm some super-unique human being who gets the best therapy in the world, but because he's genuinely interested in my well-being. See what I'm saying?
I've been bullied by therapists before. It sucks. It sometimes gets worse if you stand up for yourself. Maybe you're better off w/o this particular therapist. To me, just speaking from experience, people like that therapist aren't interested enough in your well-being to actually help you achieve wholeness or move on; they're more interested in themselves than they are in the therapeutic relationship.
From my reading, her problem with you isn't really that you read too much, its that you're not docile enough for her liking. I could be wrong, though.
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