This is why I'm a big believer in generic talk therapy. A good therapist will often do nothing more than prompt a conversation and then let you speak your mind

This is why I'm a big believer in generic talk therapy. A good therapist will often do nothing more than prompt a conversation and then let you speak your mind freely for 30-60 minutes. In this time they will poke and prod at your thoughts, not to try and change them necessarily, but to give your thought process feedback it doesn't get in its mostly closed mental loop. I have come to a handful of important conclusions in my life that resulted from nothing more than hearing myself say out loud the things I believed in silence. Some might argue this is the role of family and friends but I think you're very lucky if you can rely on those people to be a mostly neutral sounding board for your more embarrassing or guarded beliefs.