I am not therapy's biggest fan and I have no idea how or why most people do it the way they do, but my partner is one of those who greatly benefits from it - both internally and externally and although I don't understand how or why it helps her, I do know it does. She adores her therapist and looks forward to therapy and so on. Boggling to me - yes, but for her, it has changed her life in some very positive ways and helped her deal with some seriously messed up parents and the ill after effects of being raised by monsters.