Someone tell me if this is too cynical: marriage is someone being on your side because they want to be, therapy is someone being on your side because you pay them to be.
A good therapist will remain neutral, no predetermined agenda. They will want you to be the most fulfilled and happiest you can be with your life.
Friends and family will usually have an agenda, what they want the outcome to be. That’s why having a neutral therapist is valuable. They can see patterns from an outside perspective, that you may not recognize from the inside of your life.
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@Keep_Real this. Particularly sentences two and three when your happiness may not be in the direction that they want.