History PlayingWith / ThereAreNotherapists

** Alice doesn't utilize modern Western therapy, but she does take part in more traditional methods of dealing with psychological distress--prayer, meditation, community support, and [[FuzzTherapy having a dog]].

* '''Parodied''': Alice is constantly complaining about having no one to confide in, but everyone she meets suggests she go to a therapist, half her friends are therapists, the other half are constantly suggesting ''their'' therapists, and therapists frequently approach her and offer their services. However, Alice is addicted to the attention she gets from moaning and comes up with increasingly feeble excuses not to go into therapy.

* '''Straight''': Alice is [[ResignedToTheCall an unwilling soldier]] in a [[TheMasquerade secret war]]. She doesn't professional help for her problems.

** There ''actually are'' no therapists in the setting. The series takes place before the advent of psychology, AfterTheEnd, therepists were banned or something ([[TruthInTelevision which is not an unheard-of situation]]), etc. Therapists are simply not available.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Jason]] is [[ResignedToTheCall an unwilling soldier]] in a [[TheMasquerade secret war]]. [[TheLancer Lance]] is [[ParentalAbandonment an orphan]] who acts like a BloodKnight to hide his [[DeathSeeker death wish]]. [[TheChick Molly]] is a StepfordSmiler with a [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou manipulative]] [[StageMom mother]] who doesn't cope well with her daughter's extracurricular activities. None of them get professional help for their problems.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[DysfunctionJunction Every member of the cast has a host of problems. Nobody ever gets help and they get worse as the series progresses.]]

** There is help, but the problem is [[TherapyIsForTheWeak getting people to seek it]].

** The characters have had therapy before and it didn't work, so they disregard trying again entirely.
* '''Justified''':
** They can't tell anybody about TheMasquerade. If they ''did'', nobody would believe them anyway.
** There ''actually are'' no therapists. Seriously. They were banned or something, [[TruthInTelevision which is not an unheard-of situation]] in some areas.
** The series takes place before the advent of psychology.

** The BigBad ''is'' a therapist himself, and manipulates the other therapists into not helping Jason and co.

** The therapists all [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes have mental problems themselves.]]
** The therapists are all afraid of [[CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure being driven crazy by their patients]] and thus only handle cases [[BreakingTheFourthWall outside the main cast.]]
** Jason and his comrades work for an organization (or come from a cultural background) where seeing a shrink is considered a sign of weakness (or is otherwise bad) and avoid therapists to keep up appearances.
** The story takes place AfterTheEnd or in an otherwise catastrophe ridden area, and therapists are simply not available or in too few of numbers to be of help to the protagonists.
** Characters do believe that psychiatry is useless or even harmful.
** Every therapist in the series has been either [[KilledOffForReal killed off]], got fired from their jobs or captured by the BigBad himself. Just for our hero protagonists to ACTUALLY figure out that there are no therapists to help them out in their problems.

** Jason, an ordinary guy, is forced into a BedlamHouse and ends up with a host of problems as a result.

** There are truly no therapists in the whole universe, so when Lance and Molly start going AxCrazy, Jason invents psychiatry.
** There really are no educated therapists, so Jason, Lance, and Molly [[TrueCompanions use each other as therapists, listening and comforting each other during times of hardships]].

** ...but Jason turns out to be a TreacherousAdvisor.
* '''Parodied''':
** There's absolutely no therapists in the universe, which means pretty much everyone has mental problems.
** Jason is constantly complaining about having no one to confide in, but everyone he meets suggests he go to a therapist, half his friends are therapists, the other half are constantly suggesting ''their'' therapists, and therapists frequently approach him and offer their services. However, Jason is addicted to the attention he gets from moaning and comes up with increasingly feeble excuses not to go into therapy.

* '''Enforced''': The writers are intentionally going for a DysfunctionJunction.

* '''Invoked''': Anyone who'd want to join this outfit would have to be crazy, so no complaining that you need to see a shrink or something once you get back from the field. For those of you who ''do'' make it back, anyway.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad knows Jason has some unresolved mental issues that can't be fixed, and takes advantage of them by making them worse and taking Jason out of commision.
* '''Defied''': "Okay, you guys. We are ''not'' doing the angst-suicidal-[[ByronicHero Byronic]]-misery thing. All of us are going to a therapist ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis RIGHT. NOW]]''."

** There are no therapists. Seriously. They were banned or something.

'''Basic Trope''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin There are no therapists]] around to advice or assist any of the cast members, no matter [[DysfunctionJunction how much they need help]].

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Jason]] is [[ResignedToTheCall an unwilling soldier]] in a [[TheMasquerade secret war]]. [[TheLancer Lance]] is [[ParentalAbandonment an orphan]] who acts like a BloodKnight to hide his [[DeathSeeker death wish]]. [[TheChick Molly]] is a StepfordSmiler with a [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou manipulative]] [[StageMom mother]] who doesn't cope well with her daughter's [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld extracurricular activities.]] None of them get professional help for their problems.

* '''Inverted''': Jason, an ordinary guy, is forced into a BedlamHouse and ends up with a host of problems as a result.

** The character's had therapy before and it didn't work, so they disregard trying again entirely.

* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Jason]] is [[ResignedToTheCall an unwilling soldier]] in a [[TheMasquerade secret war]]. [[TheLancer Lance]] is [[ParentalAbandonment an orphan]] who [[JerkassFacade acts like a]] BloodKnight to hide his [[DeathSeeker death wish]]. [[TheChick Molly]] is a StepfordSmiler with a [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou manipulative]] [[StageMom mother]] who doesn't cope well with her daughter's [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld extracurricular activities.]] None of them get professional help for their problems.

** The FiveManBand doesn't need any actual therapy. A SurvivalMantra is all they need.

* '''Averted''': There are therapists available (of TheShrink Type 3), and the characters can see them anytime they need to (during regular office hours)

* '''Averted''': There are therapists available, and the characters can see them anytime they need to (during regular office hours)

** There is help, but the problem is getting people to seek it.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** The therapists are all afraid of [[CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure being driven crazy by their patients.]]

** There are truly no therapists in the whole universe, so when Lance and Molly start going BatshitCrazy, Jason invents psychiatry.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Without any sort of emotional backup, the heroes ultimately self-destruct, dooming the world to destruction.]]

** Characters with even the worst pasts show signs of therapists existing in spite of them not showing up on-screen.