Working with a Therapist-in-Training ... Bad Idea??

[Movingforward10]

call me resistant for not wanting to work with them.

Omg!! Well, this just confirms that you did the right thing! And it says way more about them than it does anything about you.

I also am not going to actually respond

Good idea. This doesn't need a response. Whilst you have an emotional reaction to their words, it's actually a them issue and not a you issue.
They have already misunderstood you, and looks like they would continue to if you respond. And also, what would be gained from a response?
I hope the feelings go and you feel confident that you did the right thing for you.

 

[Little Rose]

So, the "therapist" had the audacity to reply to my email and call me resistant for not wanting to work with them.

I'm so angry. I'm not resistant, and my email was very kind and incredibly professional. I just hate it when that word (resistant) gets tossed around by inexperienced therapists as a way to claw back power when I don't agree with them, which is exactly what this feels like. I've written about twenty response emails in my head of varying levels of kindness. I also am not going to actually respond and instead filed the email out of my inbox. But I just want to tell this person off and tell them to grow up.

And I want therapy. Good therapy.


As a vegan ... not many. As soon as I could read and inquired what "dolphin safe" on the can meant, I stopped eating them. And this memory lapse does feel dissociative, which is always frustrating. (And why I want treatment).
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You are not being resistant, rather you have set a good boundary and are protecting yourself and he or she is trying to manipulate you into feeling that they have control over you. I agree that you not respond to her return email. You deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and utmost compassion. I'm sprry this happened to you and wish ou to find a good therapist very soon.