When I was a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s, psychotherapy was not yet mainstream, and I thought that it was something strange and uncomfortable that grown ups did when they were getting divorced. In college I struggled with depression (retroactively self-diagnosed), and sought out therapy at the college counseling center. I had one or two sessions, but came away feeling that the therapist did not really get how much I was struggling. It was only later that I encountered f