Has therapy helped anyone?

I've been to therapists for a variety of reasons. They were useless even when I applied for reasons other than circumcision. And they all seem the same to me. The only advice they can give is "take a break, find another activity."

It's like being stabbed and the therapist telling you "don't feel the pain, do something else." Or if you really need to go to the toilet and the therapist says "don't go to the toilet, distract yourself from the need to pee, there are so many interesting things in the world, and you are fixated on the need to pee."

Why are therapists so useless? Do they really spend many years getting an education to give people such superficial advice?