Yes, I have. I strongly urged my emotionally abusive, alcoholic husband to go to therapy. This was before I had started therapy myself. He had issues from his childhood and family that I thought he needed to deal with. Some of my motivation was selfish because I was tired of dealing with an angry drunk guy yelling at me all the time. He was already on benzos for his anxiety, so he found a psychiatrist that would continue his med management and offered talk therapy. She also added on 180 mg of Adderall per day, which is a lot. Unfortunately, he lied to her about the alcohol use and I don't really know if he addressed any of his other issues. Under her care, his abuse escalated until he set our house on fire one night. I can guess he wasn't exactly honest with her about how he was treating me either and I know now that sending an abuser to individual therapy can make it worse. Lesson learned I guess. I don't know if I would recommend him going to therapy knowing what I know now. I think if he had done some actual work in therapy, his life might have gotten significantly better and I hope that the state is offering him some therapy now and that he is taking advantage of the opportunity.

Even though I'm certain that the psychiatrist made things worse overall, I don't harbor ill will for the profession as a whole. My therapist is great and if I had a friend or family member who was struggling, I would recommend therapy as a way to get additional support.