Having letters after one's name that indicate professional credentials does not guarantee that a person working in a psych-related profession is anyone to be trusted.

I knew an MSW who worked at a large city jail. He was a counselor/therapist with all the certifications. He seemed like a charming person. Then, one day, he told me his philosophy toward the inmates he worked with. He said he did not believe that the plight of persons born into abusive or neglectful families should be regarded with much sympathy. He explained to me that, before a person is born, that person's soul selects the parents they will be born to. So, the person born into a bad home environment has really made that choice for himself. He said he learned this from his religion, which he said was Buddism. His own ethnic/cultural roots were not from any Buddhist part of the world, nor were his parents Buddhist. He had supposedly studied this on his own. Two of his co-workers told me they found his attitude troubling.

In my own quest for help with my issues, I've met some professionals who were caring and generally seemed sincere and well-intentioned. But I've also run into some with whom I had bad experiences. If you're a consumer of psych services for long enough, you're bound to run into someone like that. It's such a betrayal, and it can leave you harmed.