I think seriously that it depends on the ego of the counsellor/psychotherapist.

If they are listening and helping you to untangle your thoughts then great.

If they are taking the opportunity to indulge their own self importance then they aren't going to be of much use at all.



Just like evry other field of endevour really.



Likewise with the patient. If they are serious about discovering how to evolve and cope they will progress much better than someone who enjoys nothing more than a good whinge about their unique, inexplicably complicated mind.