I started therapy 7 weeks ago. Before it began I did some reading so as to have a better notion of what to expect, as previous reading had been purely theoretical.

On the first day I asked my therapist to explain how it worked. She kind of evaded the question.

The more sessions I have the more mystified I become as to how it works and how it could be of benefit. I have re-read old stuff and found new material, I have picked the brains of a friend who knows a lot about therapy ..... and drawn a blank. The threads in this forum might as well be written in another language for all I can relate to them. I can grasp how therapy can work for those with past trauma, or with phobias and the like, but for other things it seems to make as much sense as phrenology (actually, it makes less sense).

Can somebody please explain how it works? I find it easy enough to talk about things, but fail to see how doing so could possibly help. If I could just understand, then maybe I could believe in it.