Unlike the masterminds of eloquence that populate hubski I am a perpetual rambler so no worries :D Its the reason I'm voice recording future rants, thoughts and stories because its just more 'me' that way.

I obviously think its important that you take from your counselor everything he/she has to offer-- if you were at a point where you truly felt you needed a counselor's guidance then you should absolutely stick with it and take all the help you can get. That said I learned quickly to also take my therapist's advice with a grain of salt. They're all different people and a person seeking help will find some therapists more beneficial than others. My issue, stemming from my own cynicism and slight broken-heartedness at my experience with my guy, is that they are more or less taught the exact same plethora of techniques, methods, and principles in treating their clients. The problem is that there are no two people with the exact same problems and experiences, and it really feels like they've got all these wooden shape blocks and they're trying to figure out which of our holes to stuff it in. That came out badly. However, humans are simply so much more complex than any single, linear science that its like trying to fit a circle or a square block in a freakin ocean. Somehow they still manage to convince themselves they've done it.

(I guess I took your rambling and raised you a rant, sorry :D )