Felican, definitely agree with you about therapists who haven't worked through their traumas. Though I agree with Xynesthesia-they don't ever get resolved. My Ts had worked through their own therapies. All three had issues but the last one could be quite defensive and still had issues bleeding into the therapy and they harmed me.

What harmed me was the psychoanalytic practice of withholding basic therapeutic needs (ie need for safety).Maybe the analytic distance worked good for you, I don't know, but I tried 3, and though all 3 practiced differently, the basic premise was drawing out intense feelings to work through (the transference). I have severe preverbal trauma and had brief psychotic experiences as a result. I've emailed my Ts. Maybe if I could afford to go 3 or 4 times a week like you, I wouldn't feel traumatized. Maybe not. I'll never know. I've been through a lot in my life, overcame much adversity requiring strength and courage. I'm not exaggerating the harm this type of therapy can cause. I do think other types of therapy are less likely to cause harm as many are not relational. Another tenent of analytic therapy is to break down defenses. Mine were dissociative and my whole system shattered. Nothing left to hold me together.

I like what you said about the overly simplistic views. I've experienced that in many job fields. It runs rampant.

I like what Xynesthesia said too about realizing IRL relationships. Funny, I told my therapist that since I feel safe with protective men, perhaps I should find a partner who is naturally protective/has a need to be protective instead of reexperiencing the need in therapy repeatedly and talking about that need to death.