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[quote=Anonymous]First time I was in therapy I was in very bad shape-delusions, to begin with. As reality settled in, I remember reaching a point where I was worried I wouldn't be able to come up with stuff to tell the therapist. (PhD clinical psychologist)

Second time was very interesting, more so in retrospect. It really was life-changing in good ways, particularly related to a horrific traumatic event during my childhood. But it was also a time when therapists believed absolutely in suppressed memories of child sexual abuse and I did get categorized that way--even referred to an incest survivors' group. That was an extremely unsettling time (terrified of these purported hidden memories). But I found my feet again.

Third was a CBT therapist who literally saved my life when I relapsed into extremely severe anxiety and depression.

Went through some stretches when I saw graduate student therapists at a university center.

None of the above did what OP thinks therapists do. They did help me survive some extremely rocky passages in my life.

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