100%.

Another aspect, that practioners often talk about but the general public does not, is that while many clients come seeking love and acceptance (like our dear nostr:nprofile1qqs0wwqvz8m2grrks8fxv8hkqxunqkv3zsdkhaz66uzctkju6hr4maqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqg4waehxw309a6xjemn9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d54tmv7f), others are after social status, or power over other people in their lives through a diagnosis.

Very hard to fix someone who is determined to become more broken. And is valorised by our culture for it.

I do think many of the darker trends in the modern West are second-order ramifications of the interplay between the misaligned incentives of clients and those of therapists.

People do need more love and acceptance in their lives, but many also need to take the "men will do anything to avoid therapy" meme and play it backwards. 

 This is really interesting and more people should talk about it. 
People have different incentives for why they go. I hadn’t really thought about people who weaponize their diagnosis or use therapy as a status symbol. I know so many people like that. I typically just roll my eyes but when I think about it an anti therapy sentiment gets perpetuated. 

You start to feel like you’re too poor for it or you’re uninterested because you don’t feel as messed up (for lack of a better phrase) as the person with the long list of diagnoses.

It’s like the man at the well… you have to want to be healed. 

Wow! This is an eye opener.