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Therapy takes work, my friend. Professionals can't help you unless you want help and are willing to work toward change. If you're expecting some external factor to "fix it for you," you're going to be disappointed
Therapy isn't geared towards men who don't know how to put their expressions into words. It's geared towards women. Many professional therapists agree that Therapy is not suitable for all men. Therapy is W.E.I.R.D. Designed around White, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. It's only one tiny slice of the pie when it comes to human emotions, expression, and the science of psychology - which makes psychology -- at best -- a pseudoscience.
As a (male) psychotherapist, I really have to disagree with you on all counts. A common goal in psychotherapy is to learn how to recognize and describe your internal experience. Lots of people struggle with this, men and women. Every single person walks into therapy with a different set of circumstances and a different set of objectives, and I've never once heard a single psychotherapist say "therapy is not suitable for all men." That doesn't make sense.
Anecdotally, it is true that men seem less likely to approach therapy with willingness. This is a trend I've noticed, and is by no means a rule. What this demonstrates is a difference in socialization and acculturation between genders, so that men and women tend to "start" psychotherapy in different places in regards to social/emotional development. But psychotherapy as a discipline is absolutely not geared toward women over men.
Great answer, thank you.