~Halfway into my "session" with him, hubby interrupts and says "I don't care what CC says, the relationship isn't over, between them."~ I mean fiacee's abusive-ex

Thats a tough one. Sometimes i really think men honestly believe they know everything. (I'm not trying to offend anyone with that so please don't think I am!!).

As long as your brother is listening to what you are saying and taking your advice on board, I would probably ignore your husband. I'm sure he had the best of intentions, but we all know that we can sometimes struggle to say things in a way that makes sense to others. (probably like I'm doing now!!!)

Have you told him how much this has gotten under your skin? Maybe he's not seeing things from your point of view...

Maybe you need to stop your husband having his opinion of your practices, to me it sounds of an analitical and critisisng manner, you sound very if not efficiant in your work, what you have written alone sound of good advice to me... I to am just thinking about going into the spiritual healing , I have done the psychological way and though it has help me greatley i think there is more to it , I also have been on the recieving side with many years of counselling and psychologists, not to lay blame anywhere , but as i would call them text book psychologists who can't see any other way or look outside the box are of no help to people, as i have walked out disgusted with many ways of their thinking... But thank god i never gave up finding one that could assist me, but a shame that many people do and never go back for assistance... I know he is entitled to his oppinion, but when it comes to your work he i think should have no part in that, if your brother thought that he could get the proper advice off of your husband then wouldn't he have been talking to him instead... Your husband is probably a very inteligent person and is very capable in his line of work , but what i see so are you, and the words are this (its your work)... If he does not agree with that then he is welcome to his own opinion but as far as your work is conserned it should be kept as your work not his and yours... They are two totaly different ways of counsell and unless he can eccept yours as freeley as you eccept his then the two should be kept seperate... And when you are in counsell with some one even if it is your brother yours and his best friends shouldn't it be treated as you would any other client with total confidentiality , having your husband comming in on your session and critising another or you is not of a professional grounding, set boundries even if it is family , who ever is being asked for advice should be the sole person to give the advice if your brother felt the need to ask your husband for advice then the same goe's here he should give your brother the same respect and counsell him seperatley , as a comment like that and you should know this can undermine any advice given... xxxoooxxx luv lesley

Thank you both very much for your thoughts. We've since talked and have come to such an understanding. I was very frazzled and needed to vent. Thanx 4 listening.