any form of therapy can be viewed as gaslighting
she was not the one telling me to learn to be happy with less - I demanded that for myself.
if your problems are financial, you need an accountant. if you struggle to speak to a large crowd, you need a public speaking coach or training group.
a therapist is the one you talk to when you have stuff weighting you down and when you try to talk to others they give advice that starts with "you just need to ...", like you haven't tried it. if reading my post has riled you up, paying somebody to listen to you complaining about it might work quite well.