I don't agree with that, necessarily; I was in therapy for 18 years with the same therapist, with 9 more years inbetween my two bouts, so sort of 30 years and I couldn't/wouldn't do it any other way if I were doing it again? I just object to going if you're not getting or not sure you're getting anything from it. I was definitely getting help from my therapy, growing up/into myself and don't know how it could have been done differently as I spent 25+ years not growing up in the first place.

I believe individual, discreet problems can be helped with short-term therapy but life problems that haven't been addressed in 25 years, I don't know why therapists think those are going to be helped in 10 sessions or something. I don't mind that this woman went to therapy for 45 years, just that she did so "mindlessly" and didn't get anything out of it. She may be articulate but she strike me as not being too "bright"?