I'm sorry for your negative experience. I dont' think this forum is an objective place to take a poll of overall experiences. Like a previous poster said, the most vocal users of internet resources are usually there because they have a complaint or need answers for something confusing. People who are feeling great in therapy don't always feel the need to vent about it.

Personally, I've been through 3 personal Ts and 1 couples counselor. Yet, I myself have had mostly positive experiences in therapy. Even with the Ts I didn't "click" with, I wouldn't consider those a negative experience. The first one I had, I left after a couple of sessions. I didn't know the 'etiquette' (if that's a thing) at the time and just didn't feel the need or desire to return or reschedule with him. I decided after a session I just wasn't going back. After about a month called to check on me, and I basically said, "I'm okay, I just don't want to reschedule." I don't think I needed to tell him anything beyond that. The second, I dropped after a few months. Again, I just didn't reschedule but I did tell her I was not schedule another meeting. She never bothered to follow up. I think she was disappointed but understood. We just didn't really click. My current T is good for me. I've been with her for about two years or so.

I work in academia. Because of my job's proximity to a good Psych school, I have met several student counselors over the years, and I have met and made several friends who are practicing counselors at Ph.D. and LPC levels. Another close friend of mine doesn't practice but teaches and keeps up on research in the area. Out of all those people I've only met 1 of whom I would question his ethics and boundaries, but even he took kept his issues in check.

Fact is, Therapists are human. They have flaws and they have their limits. It's true. Like all human beings, you're gonna meet some bad ones and ones who aren't bad but just not good at their job. Others means the best but just have lots more to learn. Like dating, It can be hard to meet a "good one" but when you do, you get the point of it all.

But despite all they have to teach us, even the best therapist in the world can't be everything to us. In the end, we still have to take care of ourselves, and that's a hard thing to do sometimes.