Not answering your question really but I will say the "[...]defensive, it's very easy to look down at therapists with a bit of disdain and contept, rendering th

Not answering your question really but I will say the "[...]defensive, it's very easy to look down at therapists with a bit of disdain and contept, rendering them ineffective." part is not on the therapist necessarily. Therapy is not some magic thing that is going to "fix" problems. Coming at therapy with a defensive and disdainful approach is only going to take away from your therapy and will require work for you to get over that in therapy. In fact it might be a great starting point to go into to re-frame your thinking to assist in the rest of therapy.