Do you think a therapist job is to...

Say "uncomfortable" things?
Mine shared this is her view .

I don't believe that's the main goal or objective of a therapist. I think they should validate your experience or feelings, and be objective...if they are not supposed to "tell you what to do", which I believe they use that as a way to be completely cut off from offering real guidance, then why would telling a person negative, uncomfortable things, be more important, than giving helpful tips? Most people are there not from having positive helpful people or experiences...they are there often due to horrible experiences already😢

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ScreamingFox · 41-45, F

A therapist job is to be keen enough to assess your needs and help you how you need, not only do it their way.

This is why I gave up on therapy. I got so tired of people telling me what I should do like it's so easy. We are individuals, not textbook definitions and solutions. It's unbelievable how many people get into human services yet have baseline empathy.

For me, life improved when I stopped looking for answers outside of myself. I made my inner work my job. Without the turmoil of a "professional" trying to fit me into a hole I don't fit, I made big improvements.