Thank you for this thread. I had the same attitudes and beliefs as you have stated, and I feel therapy was successful in my life. The after affects continue to propel me into a better life than before. I spent so much of my life reacting to everything, waiting for the next wrong do Ain't could justify position, justify myself. I was on call 24/7, and go into a depression just to get non-restful sleep, only to wake up and start the process over. My life sucked!

I'm kind of at a loss to understand when people say this is infantalizing. I learn new things or forgotten information brought to mind by people of all ages, and backgrounds. But it was only with my therapist that I was willing to reveal all my secrets, my doubts, etc, so she had more of a complete picture of who I was and where I wanted to get. So what you point out in your thread makes perfect sense to me.