I definitely agree that this is in fact the motivation for a lot of people, but I don't think that should be encouraged. In the Empty Chair exercise, there isn'

I definitely agree that this is in fact the motivation for a lot of people, but I don't think that should be encouraged. In the Empty Chair exercise, there isn't another human on the other end. When you're posting on the internet, there is. The rant into the void affects no one but yourself. The rant on the message board is indistinguishable from a sincere attempt at communication (cf. Poe's Law), and triggers who-knows-what reaction. (Exhibit A: Twitter.) I'm also reminded of the half-serious proposition that "90% of what you see on the internet is written by insane people" -- wouldn't it be better if less of what you read was people hashing out their internal emotional state in public?