They claim therapy is better than talking to a friend. No, it's worse. Therapists are fake friends who are plagued by delusions and who only talk to you because you pay them. And the relationship is completely dysfunctional... one-sided, walled off from the real world, distorted by clinical concepts and half-baked theories.

eta: The therapy relationship is also built on many false promises like: therapists are objective and non-judgmental, therapy is inherently safe, therapy is only about you, therapist training equals better relating.