I agree and yet nobody has ever said "don't over emotionalize" therapy, and I can't help raising a little mental note about that in my mind.

Had to google "logotherapy," the link is below if anyone's interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logotherapy It was developed by Victor Frankl, a holocaust survivor. Have you read this book, Seshat "Man's Search For Meaning?" My T had actually recommended it during a depressed period.

It's about how in a lot of ways yes war and famine are real, but if people have a sense of some "deeper meaning" in their lives they don't get depressed. (Could this be a common point between his approach and your T's? The deep/spiritual thing?)