Your views are alternative to the view of therapy that was presented to me by therapists, by books about therapy, by popular presentations of therapy and therapists in the movies, on TV, etc. They are alternative to the view that therapy and therapists are there to help me, which is something that I was looking for, being in distress at the time.

When one goes into therapy, the "self-evident realities" that you see may not be so apparent. And maybe to some people they seem not so "self-evident" or even if they are, they may seem irrelevant.

But they are a lot closer to self-evident and relevant to me than I would have thought 10 years ago.