I just went through this— I had a thread about it last week. I recently tried going to therapy to get practical tools for managing work-related stress/anxiety and achieving a better work/life balance, but my T kept wanting to talk about my past and didn’t really have anything to offer in the way of skills/tools. I had already talked my childhood to death in therapy years ago, and saw absolutely no benefit to doing it again. It also simply put me more in my head and was actively working against my goal of being more present in my life now. Sometimes therapists have a “one size fits all” approach to therapy, where they think all answers lie in regurgitating childhood trauma. But that may be the worst approach for some clients— like me, who already are prone to ruminating and over-analyzing everything to death. I personally chose to quit therapy and have already found that I’m happier and more present (just in the last 10 days). I’m trying other things to deal with stress/anxiety, like getting outside more, spending more time with friends/dating, trying some dietary supplements, writing things down (and then letting them go), etc. It completely depends on what your goals are, but if processing childhood stuff isn’t one of them, then I don’t see any benefit to doing so. I don’t believe it’s the key to everything.