The only good thing I see in what the author wrote is that the author therapist is wise enough to know that he would not be the right therapist for such a patient. Or maybe many kinds of patients, because this sounds to me he isn't concerned about the reasons for the neediness. It would be like saying an alcoholic ought to just stop drinking to solve his problems. This sounds like a behavioral therapist looking only at the presenting behavior.

Learning that there is no rescue is most important and is something to work through that can take a long time. It is hard to give up. It is really hard to work through. It leaves a person so lonely. Imagine that and a therapist who is repulsed by you at the same time...