I've not been precisely pleased with my foray into therapy. I've found it undirected, fairly wishywashy and mostly involving me rambling without a point.

I reached out to my therapist and asked what the therapist thought they could help me with in a concrete way. ie, what is it that the therapist thought therapy could do for me, specifically?

In response, I was told that therapy is confusing and often seemingly without point and it was understood that I was upset, but that the therapist would be there if I wanted to work through my issues. And that the therapist did not think that they could make any kind of specific statement as to how they could help me, but that over time, therapy would help as I became a more whole person.

Is this actually acceptable in therapy? To say that stating specifics isn't an option, but if the patient wants to keep spending money, the therapist is going to "be there"?

This is tasting more and more and more like a sideshow scam. The therapist doesn't have to provide any actual plan of service, or make any comment on what they're actually offering to help me, they can just 'be there' and that's worth hundreds of dollars a month? Seriously? I feel like I just got robbed.