'Forced', implies the person is not aware of their issues? Isn't the whole point of therapy that the person receiving it is self -aware and is not in denial about their issues and where they stem from. Therapy and therapists are facilitators not miracle healers.

How can someone work on a a broken down car and fix it if they do not feel the car is broken?

I guess the major point to this post for me is that you get to a person before they have PTSD symptoms, they receive counselling for their trauma and because of it as a preventitive measure, rather than them being 'forced' to do sometihng that they are not aware of. Counselling after a traumatic event for me would mean, to educate and explore and in this instance I voted yes!

Spirit x