Kate,

I, too, can relate to this. Had to have some therapy years ago due to a very stressful situation. The therapist kept trying to dig into my childhood; especially issues with my mother, to find out the 'root cause' of my problems.

My problems at the time had nothing to do with my childhood or mother--it had to do with what I was going through at the time--a lot of stress in an unhealthy environment with difficult people.

After awhile, I got tired of the interrogations and pressure 'to perform' for the therapist and said, "I'm out of here!"

It is my opinion that some therapists don't want you well---at least not for awhile---they want to keep that precious money flowing in---and they want to be the one to say 'what's wrong with you.' Most therapists 'love' being the one who solves the problem, and then reveling in it!

Just an opinion..but been there..done that...