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Is it normal for my 16 year old cousin to hate the Therapist for telling her that she is so wise(after reading her poems)? and telling her that when she (the therapist)was her age she was stupid and naive.
never tell a mentally unstable person "you are wise"
what kind of therapist would do something like that?
doesn't sound like a therapist at all. They are not supposed to flatter their clients. They just have to unravel their minds and make sure they get through their lives without excessive mood swings. Change therapist asap.
It all depends on what someone is in therapy for...a huge part of therapy is emotional support and kindness..even love...there is absolutely nothing wrong with giving someone a compliment if it is sincere...of course whackadoodles are gonna find something wrong with it...that is why they are in therapy...basically she is trying to sabotage the therapy by finding a reason to discontinue..intimacy is very threatening to people who have intimacy issues
Damn. I feel so much less special. My therapist told me I was wise too.
This... This is blasphemy!
depends what she is in therapy for.
if she's in therapy for self-esteem issues she may think the adult is just trying to make her feel better.
Her therapist was trying to be supportive, but she seems to have blown this out of proportion. I often don't take to complements very well, I feel that the person who's giving it to me is fake. Perhaps, she has the same problem? She sounds very sensitive. Her therapist probably should have just told her how nice her poems were. I don't know what condition your daughter has but certain mental/emotional disorders have the symptom of being extremely sensitive to little things.