I was going to reply to that statement about the Uk and people and doctors thinking you weak, but as Fuzzy says, that is her experience.

I believe there are good therapists out there, I live in the uk too, but its a hard thing to do, to find a good therapist that has worked through their own fantasys and issues.

My experience eventually took me into the private practice where someone was suggested to me.

The person who suggested my currently T, did say that counselling and therapy attracts a lot of sick people.

I wasn't able to understand at the point of my referral who was "good" and who was "bad", thankfully I had a lot of people on my side that done this for me.

Ive never had a really awful experience and it scares me to think that some people DO actually have awful abusive experiences and I can't begin to think what that would be like.

I am lucky at this precise moment with the T I have. All I can say is, just keep going forward and believe that there is hope out there.