Would you find this disturbing?

I think your therapist is the one who needs to be open-minded. He doesn't sound very educated either. I work with very young, abused children and dolls are one of the tools we use to get the child to show us, without telling us, what they have experienced.

I LOVE the idea of writing the words on the doll then covering them up. You are right, it's a perfect example of how you feel. Children do keep these emotions bottled up and sometimes don't even recognize them. You know and recognized these feelings because you have thought about it and that tells me you are trying to heal.

Sorry but your counselor is the one who is disturbing. S/he certainly does not sounds like s/he has had much training in psychology. Trust me, a trained therapist would never dream of saying something like this. Find another counselor, this person is way out of touch.

It sounds like a good way to express your true feelings. I cannot understand why it's disturbing when it represents how you feel inside and, as you have said, inside and outside can be quite different.

If the words you wrote on the doll were written on the doll's clothes, and those clothes could then be discarded and thrown away, never to be seen or worn again, how liberating would that be. All the best.

I think you should look into getting a different therapist. I think it was out of order and mostly unprofessional to tell you she wouldn't leave her children with you. I think you should tell her boss what she said to you, she shouldn't be saying things like that to the people she is supposed to be helping.

Your councellor is not very good.

He/She should be more supportive of what you were trying to express.

I would reccommend that you get a different councellor.

This councellor isn't going to help you much.

By saying that it was disturbing shows your councellor isn't equipped for a situation like this.

I think you need to find a different therapist! After all you are seeing her to help you deal with what happened to you, not to be criticized!

Sometimes it can be hard to express how you are feeling in words, and what you did is perfectly ok.

My opinion is get your self a different Counsellor!

Try a different Theripst.

I don't think it's that creepy really. Why is everyone spelling counselor, or counseling, with 2 l's?

let her know that's why yo'ure in counselling..........and that you had wanted this to be used for her to understand what you went through*

all the best*

a little bit but open your mind to her