I think one of the many problems is how many therapists themselves don't recognize a risk to the client. They may see malpractice/licensing risks to themselves (which is usually for only the most egregious sorts of behavior on their part) but I think an alarming number of them see therapy as risk free for the client. I have seen them write that in their blogs - therapy has no risk- no downsides - no pesky side effects and so on. And sadly, I think some of them actually believe it. I don't know if it is because they are clueless morons or because they are true believers or what - but I do think it is a scary situation when they can't see how harmful they/it can be. For me, probably the only reason I did not feel scammed was because I never believed in what they said they were selling in the first place. That annoyed the woman a great deal.