I seem to recall Sigmund Freud refusing to treat Mahler, for precisely the reasons the OP described. So there is at least (historical) precedence for such a viewpoint, though I don’t know if that holds up in modern day psychiatry.
I seem to recall Sigmund Freud refusing to treat Mahler, for precisely the reasons the OP described. So there is at least (historical) precedence for such a viewpoint, though I don’t know if that holds up in modern day psychiatry.