Caught Boyfriend Cheating with Her Mum – Her Therapist's Advice Was Even Worse

On Reddit a woman has confessed her shock and outrage upon uncovering that her mother had been having an affair with her boyfriend for around a year. However, what added to her agony was the advice from her therapist.

Two months prior, the woman discovered that during the pandemic, her boyfriend was secretly involved with her mother. Initially, she was informed by an unnamed source and, in disbelief, she asked her mother about it jokingly, only for her mother to tearfully confess the truth.

Devastated, she isolated herself for a month before her friend recommended attending an online therapy class. Those initial online sessions gradually led her to seek in-person therapy to aid her progress. Skeptical about therapy at first, she eventually found significant help and moved on to face-to-face sessions.

In a recent therapy session, her therapist left her speechless by suggesting that she consider forgiving her mother and boyfriend. The therapist labeled her refusal to entertain the idea as "too rigid" and advised her to reconsider once the emotional pain subsided. This advice felt like a secondary betrayal to her, leaving her even more confused and hurt.

On social media, she sought advice from others regarding her therapist’s stance. One commenter suggested she should fire the therapist, describing his advice as unprofessional and unacceptable. Another expressed disbelief in the possibility of forgiving such profound betrayal and criticized the therapist’s understanding of trauma. A third conjectured that the therapist might be biased or simply incompetent.

Now she faces the dilemma of whether to continue seeing this therapist or seek new professional help to navigate through her profound emotional pain.

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