> going back to Freud That's not a very solid foundation. Pretty much everything from Freud has since been reconsidered. My experience with therapists is that

> going back to Freud That's not a very solid foundation. Pretty much everything from Freud has since been reconsidered. My experience with therapists is that I want a certain connection, and I've been rather unsatisfied with most I've seen (though my sample size is only 4). It's not optimal to have to keep rolling the dice to try and find someone I'm comfortable opening up to, and of course both the situation where I'd need to find a new therapist and the US healthcare system (& attitude to mental health) do not make it any easier.