Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going through failing relationships, ending them, and confronting issues of custody and support.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with.
I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably, it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person; he doesn't relate to the person.
Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.
I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really challenging.
Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped.
I myself have been in therapy. Repeatedly.
As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever.
Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
The only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother was ill.