This is my take as well-based on what I have read and the research I've done-as well as my own experiences.

This is such a painful and complex subject. I hesitate to respond to some threads because I have to try to determine when I might be offering something that could possibly be helpful or whether my responses are too influenced by my own therapy nightmares.

It's true that the negative therapy stories often get more attention and seem more frequent than the positive and uplifting stories but I would add that what transpires in therapy can be critical to one's life and their well-being. What happens in therapy or experiences with the mental health profession has the potential to make a tremendous impact-which could be a good impact but if things go wrong it can have a truly devastating and long lasting result. It seems to me that it would make sense that if things go wrong in such an important scenario that the resulting complaints would be understandably vocalized.

I know that there are people who say they have been helped in therapy by wonderful therapists and that is great. I think there are people who are wonderful therapists. But other people have not been helped and some other people have not been helped and further have been wounded by the therapist's actions. That is also true.