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Hi FOT,
That makes a lot of sense to me how difficult it would be for you to deal with your P saying anything negative about your father.
I think the truth is that both the positive and negative aspects of him are true and valid. But it might take a while and be pretty difficult to get to a place where you can hold on to both of those simultaneously.
I think if you keep talking this out with your P, you will make real progress! But I'm sorry you have such a long break coming up. That must be really hard after hitting something big like this.
That makes a lot of sense to me how difficult it would be for you to deal with your P saying anything negative about your father.
I think the truth is that both the positive and negative aspects of him are true and valid. But it might take a while and be pretty difficult to get to a place where you can hold on to both of those simultaneously.
I think if you keep talking this out with your P, you will make real progress! But I'm sorry you have such a long break coming up. That must be really hard after hitting something big like this.
Hi FOT!! 
It's so good to hear from you. I still remember when you went through that awful time with your former P. I'm so glad for you that you have continued working with this P and that he's so helpful for you. 
As for your question...I'm wondering if your P made something of a misstep here. It sounds like what you needed from him was encouragement to talk about it - to know that it was safe to talk about it and that he believed you. It sounds like that part of his response really helped you. However, it sounds like then he went a bit "too" far, by expressing his personal reactions to what you were telling him. Maybe he thought you needed to hear that, maybe he thought you were ready to say those things, too, and maybe his saying it was his way of encouraging you to express anger - but instead of encouraging you, it's shutting you down, so it sounds like that's not what you needed to talk about, and it probably would have been better for you if he had waited until you expressed those negative feelings first.
Obviously I could be way off base here. I'm just guessing, based on what you described. But I definitely think you should tell your P what you told us here, and hopefully the two of you can straighten it out and get back in the groove of where you were going. It sounds like you're doing some really good work with him!
Hug,
SG
It's so good to hear from you. I still remember when you went through that awful time with your former P. I'm so glad for you that you have continued working with this P and that he's so helpful for you. As for your question...I'm wondering if your P made something of a misstep here. It sounds like what you needed from him was encouragement to talk about it - to know that it was safe to talk about it and that he believed you. It sounds like that part of his response really helped you. However, it sounds like then he went a bit "too" far, by expressing his personal reactions to what you were telling him. Maybe he thought you needed to hear that, maybe he thought you were ready to say those things, too, and maybe his saying it was his way of encouraging you to express anger - but instead of encouraging you, it's shutting you down, so it sounds like that's not what you needed to talk about, and it probably would have been better for you if he had waited until you expressed those negative feelings first.
Obviously I could be way off base here. I'm just guessing, based on what you described. But I definitely think you should tell your P what you told us here, and hopefully the two of you can straighten it out and get back in the groove of where you were going. It sounds like you're doing some really good work with him!
Hug,
SG