One problem is that therapists are not keen to acknowledge that often life circumstances are the issue (societal, economic, familial, health, etc factors). They need to believe, or at least promote, the idea that suffering is self-created and thus if you would only listen to them and get off your a*s, the suffering will cease or lessen considerably. If you fail to progress, it’s because you failed to change according to their conception.

I also think it’s a problem of expectations. People expect therapy to help them feel better, and therapists promise this, but when you look at it, it’s not very feasible.