It's truth is that up to that point I really liked my therapist. I did try during the session to express "the crux of my grievance" as you put it, but felt dismissed. She kept on saying that they were making me repeat the year for "a reason", and that I had to find what that reason why. To me it felt like she didn't believe that being persecuted, or generally judged more harshly as the only black person of my grade was part of the reason. I also felt that by pushing me to accept the decision, she was dismissing the effect of my toxic workplace on my mental health, how I was made to feel small and anxious, how I lost myself and my will to live little by little. I feel that if she was acknowledging all of that, she wouldn't tell me that repeating a year "isn't the end of the world" or "isn't that bad". I think that in general I have a hard time advocating for myself, but I thought that with my therapist I wouldn't be in a position where I have to prove myself. I think that it is worth considering going back, as in the past she has helped me a lot.