Loyal Jew – I just thought of something. Let’s say you tried a male therapist and it didn’t work and you tried them all -do you think you should stay with your mental illness like depression or do you think you should go to a female therapist? It’s Ossur to be depressed so I don’t think s/o should remain this way.
I never advocated just picking up and going to an opposite gender therapist – my beef was with those who posted Ossur no matter what. If you need to go to an opposite gender therapist, by all means ask your Rov how to go about it. Nothing is clear cut -one way or the other.