gravyyy, ome thought about therapy is to look for someone who works with a particular therapsy modality, in my case ACT and Mindfulness. The book I use is by an Aussie psychologist Russ Harris and the book is called the Happiness Trap. It's truly is an excellent modality - a meeting of eatsern philosophy and western mental health treatment modes.

I'm like you, I want something concrete to work on - something you can hold onto and you can see that there's real progress happening. The downloading of life issues and venting is important, but we need someting more I believe.