I experience therapy as adversarial.
"Therapy is an inherently adversarial process, not an alliance to buffer innocent victims against a world that isn't gentle enough."
Frank Pittman - a psychotherapist who wrote an article called "Buyer's Guide to Therapy" seems to think it is. He does seem like a jerk but at least he is honest about it.
It is perhaps pertinent to note, most of my close relationships have started out as adversarial and then ended up not. Perhaps I cannot ally until I have had the battle to figure out where everyone stands.
But seriously = do you all not find it adversarial at all?