I'm going to add that if you go and you feel truly uncomfortable or weird or feel like you are being talked down to, that is NOT how it is supposed to be. You need to find the right therapist for you, your situation, and your personality. It's similar to a relationship. I feel like so many times people give up on therapy very quickly when the real problem is the therapist, not you. Just because someone has a bunch of degrees and comes recommended, doesn't mean they are the one for you. A therapist can help your friend work through a boatload of problems and still be bad for you. Therapists are not like dentists where you lay back and they fix you and then you go on your merry way. Find someone that you feel comfortable talking to or nothing is going to be resolved. Lastly, by default, therapy is going to be a fairly uncomfortable experience. But the therapist should not add to or be the source of uncomfortableness.
Exactly on point. It took me a while to figure that out and it took me a longer time to find a therapist who really worked for me and who I really, really loved. Once I went to a therapist (just to check her out) who was all about affirmations. I am not all about affirmations. I also didn't feel that just telling myself how awesome I was was going to help me get to the bottom of my issues. She didn't seem like a bad person, but it wasn't the type of therapy I wanted or thought I needed. As with most things in life it can be difficult to know what you want until you encounter what you don't want in therapy. I think it's really important to find someone you click with. I actually really enjoyed therapy because I'd known I'd had certain issues for a long time and I was able to get more to the bottom of them. And I knew I was doing it and getting better. But it also took me years to get to that point.