Yes!!, I believe a high percentage of mental illness is related to long standing psychological conflicts, and that the therapist/patient relationship can work to uncover these long standing conflicts..childood conflicts..not necessarily childhood sexual conflicts as specific as Freud describes, and not always early childhood conflicts, psychological ideas that stemmed from adolesence, too..I feel my therapist helped me to conquer the psychological conflicts/thought patterns/stumbling blocks that were holding me back, for so long It is as if a psychological weight has been lifted, a feeling like I am psychologically new and starting all over, with a clean slateI hope therapists combine this kind of psychotherapy with things like DBT or cognitive therapy, as short term therapy techniques are quite helpful to many, just depends, who you are, and what works for you..I tend to always see the big picture & want to talk about bigger issues, yet others are detail oriented and should work more in the current situation they find themselves in, if that involves changing their thinking with cognitive therapy to help them in their present situation.