Question:
I'm 22/M. I went to a psychologist today and I talked to him about everything focusing more on my sexual identity. It's the first day with him. After I talked a little bit, he was like, ... "I don't think there are too many gay students coming out in Mechanical engineering, right?" (I told him in the beginning that I'm in ME major) He was asking me for an opinion. WTF?! Also, he asked me if my culture accepts gays and things like that. After the session I felt so bad and depressed. Here I am trying to seek help and let him help me with my sexual identity and he says all that. Is he assuming that I'm gay? I said to him, "You made feel very uncomfortable and I think you are assuming that I'm gay." Then, he said, "no I didn't mean to do that, I can't really tell what your sexual orientation is." What do you guys think about the whole situation?Answer:
The question about gay students in the ME program was more just a probing question. If you would have said "yes, there a lot of them and I hang out with them" that would have given him a lot of information. If you agreed that there are not a lot (or any) I would hope there would be some follow up questions about who you socialize with.If you are uncomfortable with this person then find another therapist. It is not that uncommon for a person to need to go to several therapists before they find one they are comfortable with.
I hope you are able to work everything out for yourself.
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