It is trauma, I completely agree with you there. Another trauma to add to my list, incurred in therapy of all places! However, I think I'm seeing things differently than you because I pinpoint the trauma being down to the incompetency of the therapist and therapy ending too soon due to stupid policies about the duration of therapy which must be adhered to. It is all well and good therapy bringing out unconscious thoughts and feelings, transference and unmet infantile needs, but when the therapist is unskilled in dealing with this, shuts the client down when they bring it up for discussion, or tries to pretend it's not happening to avoid the topic altogether, that's what causes the trauma in my opinion. That and pushing the client out of the door before they're ready to leave due to policies and the idea that they will become "dependent" on the therapist. This can happen, I've no doubt, but rather than push the client away the therapist should be exploring the reason for the dependency with the client and termination should not be happening (in my opinion anyway) until the client has built up enough resilience, relationships and coping strategies to be able to sustain themselves without the therapist. This is why I haven't given up on therapy altogether because I believe good therapy can happen; you just need a good therapist, and unfortunately, as we know, there are many out there who aren't.