I saw a therapist over a yr ago who wouldn't stop talking. I had panic attacks in her office every visit and shook like mad and I tried to explain to her about my life but she NEVER let me talk and she wouldn't stop talking so I never went back!
Last two therapists I saw last yr didn't say a word to me! One finally spoke and said "I'm not sure if I understand you or not" so I never went back! (Sounds like his education really paid off well!)

I've seen tons of therapists over last 35 yrs between Philly and Baltimore and they were ALL incompetent!!!
I was in therapy for 3 yrs with a woman who listened to me and who was very nice but she didn't help my anxiety or panic attacks at all! All she said was "You have to manage it!" and I had NO clue what she was talking about! (And deep breathing never helped.)
She had me doing things like walking, riding a bike and swimming and I couldn't stand any of it! And none of it helped my mood or energy at all! So I quit therapy! (My anhedonia has been really bad last 20 yrs and nothing gives me pleasure except music.) When I walk all I do is worry and obsess about my problems. Riding a bike just felt like work to me. And I used to swim every day for 8 yrs and it made me feel fantastic for 2 hrs afterwards then my mood went back to feeling horrible the rest of the day.)

I saw a psychiatrist in Baltimore few yrs ago and tried to get help for my acute anxiety (which I've been hospitalized for and gone to the ER for many times) and told her and she said "Have you made friends with your anxiety?" and I couldn't believe it! So I never went back!
I can't find ANY therapist or psychiatrist the last 15 yrs who will discuss dissociation, personality disorders or asbergers.
I've been in the mental health system 35 yrs with 28 hospitalizations, 5 ECT trials (37 treatments total), taken every psych med with 99.9% no relief and my conclusion is that the system doesn't work! I've been to every hospital between Philly and Baltimore since 1990 and all they did was abuse me and ignore me (because I can't do anything due to zero energy nor can I relate to people after dissociating in my teens/20s/30s) and now I have PTSD from the hospital!

I asked a top Senior Doc at Johns Hopkins (I was inpatient there 5 times, had ECT there twice and the wards were absolutely horrible and didn't help one bit) how much she knew about mood disorders and she said "Not much. Maybe we'll know more in 10 yrs." I don't have 10 years!
The system Johns Hopkins has on the wards are absolutely terrible (and I've written to them about that): You either see a Resident who does all the work and doesn't know what the hell they're doing or you see an Associate Dr and they change Drs every 2 wks so you don't get any consistent care or you see these worn-out experienced Senior Drs (with tons of education from all over the World) and a Resident every day and the Senior Drs don't give you ANY feedback whatsoever!

When I had ECT there in 2017 you would see a disgruntled Senior Dr every morning at 730AM for 5 minutes and he asked the SAME 4 questions every day: "How was your sleep?", "Do you think life is worth living?", "How's your appetite?' and one other stupid question then he would say "Go get your breakfast". He didn't want to know ANYTHING else like your history, past and current symptoms, meds you've taken, what brought you to the hospital, etc. I hallucinated and became delirious after the 5th ECT treatment so they stopped it. After a mth there (and zero progress with my mood/anxiety) I saw him one morning and said "I don't like it here!" and he said "Well...we'll discharge you" and he added "It's going to take a lot for you to make it in this World...". I would never go back to Johns Hopkins again (or Sheppard Pratt for that matter).