To be honest, he sounded more like a personal coach than a therapist and yeah, lots of people only need a personal coach. I don't think someone like that would have helped me much when I was walking in and out of my T's office with the thoughts of suicide. It took 4 + months before I would say I was safe enough from that ledge and another 6 or so before I could talk about "tough stuff" without fully dissociating. Granted maybe he would have sent me to IP rather than work with me like my T did.