I think the effectiveness of therapy is hugely overrated, by professionals and the public alike. I spent thousands on it. I'ld be slow to spend another dime, or even spend any time on it, if my insurance paid for it.

Some people claim they've been helped by therapy, and maybe they have. Whether or not the whole enterprise is a fraud is kind of beside the point. What matters to you is whether it's helping you. I think it's totally valid to reach a conclusion that it isn't. I reached that conclusion. That was despite my having therapists who I considered sincere and dependable. I respected and trusted them. I just didn't find seeing them was doing me any good.

When I voiced that to a T, with whom I thought I had a good relationship, I was told that I wasn't doing therapy right and had never really made an effort. That was telling that the T became that defensive. It's always the client's fault. I had been earnestly trying to grapple with what was wrong with my life. I just think "therapy" doesn't always amount to more than a bunch of talk going no where. Therapists don't have genius insights. The process tends to reinforce whatever the client already believes, or, conversely, to present the client with something that client is unable to receive, for whatever reason.

In my opinion, I think a lot of it is a sham. There is no accountability.