What is it with this fixation on "drawing pictures" that has long pervaded the world of Psych Treatment?? I hated art class even in the first grade.

That last therapist you saw might like to get a job in a prison. He could have a ball conducting Art Therapy in a place jam-packed with some of the most enthusiastic drawers he's likely to meet. And there would be no lack of PTSD for him to diagnose.

Seriously, it sounds like he hasn't quite found his niche, and he might actually do some good in that venue. Our national penal system is this country's largest provider of mental health care (and they're always hiring.) Were he to do that, and do his job well, he'ld likely find himself among some of the most grateful clients he could treat. Then again, if his style is to "insist" - he'ld have to tweak that a bit.

Bad therapy is worse than no therapy. Why? Because, when it comes to breaking a person's spirit, there is nobody more in the catbird seat than an insensitive/arrogant psych clinician. (Who, by the way, does NOT deserve to succeed.)