Sorry you're so bummed. You and I seem to stay in the same corner in our M's a lot of the time, so I completely understand your impatience and frustration.
It doesn't sound to me as if she has read the book, given the content of her questions. That, or she got uncomfortable and skipped over to what YOUR responsibilities were and dwelled there--HA! Sounds like you and I are between a counselor's office and a hard place.
Your GAL activities today: work out until it feels really good & put your most happy, confident self out there with CB's suggestions and find yourself a new job. From experience, I can attest that it is REALLY tough to endure the trials of the SSM alongside the challenge of a job search after a layoff. I went through the same thing at the first of the year. I only wish I had known about this forum then, so I could have had some SSM support.
Hang in there and don't let negative thoughts hijack your mind today. (Tell them to take a "permanent" raincheck, cuz you're too busy.) Let's both say a heartfelt prayer to be open to all of the bounty that God has for us in his riches today.
