I find Info most useful when she lets me rant or otherwise get things away from me. Generally speaking her responses are not useful or helpful, though she occasionally surprises me. She is just a bit more effective as a listener than a cat or a wall.

I don’t know if that is exactly what you mean by talking, though. Do you mean conversation? The exchange of ideas? Validation?

ETA: I would actually not be surprised if therapists had any real idea (that would satisfy someone as logical and fact-oriented as yourself) how therapy helped, precisely.