She convinced me to not pursue having children (maybe reasonable), and to stay single and not have a relationship. Not just now, but for the rest of my life because other people can trigger shifts in my mood. She was very discouraging of me making friends even. She was threatened by me trying group therapy and put down her colleague who was running it.

I don't have close family or friends, and she was pretty much pushing me to a life of solitude where I just take my pills and play solitaire. I expressed to her that my loneliness leads to suicidal thoughts and she suggested I remedy that by volunteering in the NICU with babies born addicted. I told her that is horribly cruel to make a person you won't allow to have children go cuddle the babies of other people who should not have had children. She said that is not rational thinking.

She does not allow me to associate with other bipolar people. She suggested DBSA but just like group therapy she immediately did a 180 when she found out how much I was getting out of it (a family like support system, people to call and text when I am down, advice from people at all levels of functioning) and when I was elected director she told me my life would be consumed with "the type of mentally ill people who arent able to be saved, like homeless people and drug addicts". So I have not gone to DBSA in months and things have been worse for me without that support system.

My ex was a mental health professional and he begged me to dump this therapist years ago. I think I became codependent with her honestly. It felt a lot like a relationship I had that was like that.

I don't think a good therapist would make me isolate and walk away from every support system I found away from her. She also calls and texts me about her own mental health, which I realize now is absolutely not normal.

I usually have a hard time writing people off as shitty, but after years I have finally concluded that she is extremely shitty and I need to get away.