Even taken at face value, one failed attempt at gaining professional help isn’t particularly good evidence that the entire mental health field isn’t going to be productive. As with anything that involves dealing with people, and especially with deep emotional rapport with people, there’s going to be a lot of individual variation between mental health professionals and it may be necessary to shop around.
That probably isn’t going to sound very encouraging to anyone in a position to need it, but it is what it is.
Even taken at face value, one failed attempt at gaining professional help isn’t particularly good evidence that the entire mental health field isn’t going to be productive. As with anything that involves dealing with people, and especially with deep emotional rapport with people, there’s going to be a lot of individual variation between mental health professionals and it may be necessary to shop around.
That probably isn’t going to sound very encouraging to anyone in a position to need it, but it is what it is.