, I have developed a profound aversion to talk therapy, specifically to anything under the broad umbrella of psychoanalysis, as a means to treat depression. Now, I do think there are some fantastic uses of certain kinds of therapy for certain kinds of issues. But talk-about-your-feelings-about-how-your-father or tell-me-about-your-dreams-of-umbrellas therapy isn’t going to help my depression. Depression is an illness.

This might be the case for you, but not for everyone. There's no one-size-fits it all. It's often trial and error for most people and not everyone works it out with medication.

I was having honest to god, wake-up-sweating nightmares that his therapist would make all kinds of disparaging comments about my mental wellbeing despite never having met me and insist through him that I seek help.

Second, I was afraid this woman’s opinion and recommendations are going to screw up our relationship.

If you have these thoughts, yes, you should be clearly in therapy as well, working out where these thoughts come from.