Bec, I love your post.

Therapists are not there to make decisions for the client. They help client's work out the best decision. If you are talking about this board in therapy, then you may be stating something in a way the therapist views it as negative. If you are using the board as a basis for your decisions or telling the therapist that the people or leaders on the board are manipulative; of course the therapist is going to say it is bad for you.

I have many real life friends and I mention them in therapy quite often; but I must admit that this forum never enters my mind when I am in therapy. It is a great forum (thank you Anthony), user friendly and a place to work out issues; but it is not a life-line.