How does not comparing it to any other profession remove the humanity? That doesn't make sense to me. How many other professions get into the deepest, darkest secrets of your mind and require such a level of trust and attachment for a lot of people? Really there is no other profession like that. It doesn't take the humanity away to not compare it to other professions. Dangerous? Nah. Not at all.

I'm not saying at all that the world is black and white, but you cannot deny that A LOT of people are harmed by therapy and incompetent therapists. The profession needs more research, regulation, funding, and on and on. And it doesn't make sense to say there isn't an event/appointment that makes it obvious to the therapist that it isn't working or whatever, because that is EXACTLY what seems to happen over and over. Clients are blindsided by abandonment. Over and over and over. Something needs to change. If a therapist is meeting "resistance" then they need to go back to school or a workshop or get supervision or go "out of the box" or find someone else to help.

And in a way you're highlighting the problems with therapy by saying it isn't clear. If a therapist doesn't know this stuff then how the heck is a client supposed to figure anything out?