While I don't believe "everyone should be in therapy" (nor have I encountered this attitude even as someone who believes in the value of therapy), the dating context is an interesting one with its own set of issues.
The reality for women on dating apps is pretty terrible, and therapy is a signal for "focused on self-improvement". In a dating pool filled with emotionally immature people, it can be useful to find other people who are similarly committed to self discovery/improvement.
And if you're dating in your mid 30s, a time when people are probably back in the dating pool because of a failed relationship, everyone is looking for evidence that a budding relationship isn't doomed to the same kinds of failure as the last one.
There aren't may ways to socially signal "I'm focused on (internal) self improvement and I'm serious about it".
The reality for women on dating apps is pretty terrible, and therapy is a signal for "focused on self-improvement". In a dating pool filled with emotionally immature people, it can be useful to find other people who are similarly committed to self discovery/improvement.
And if you're dating in your mid 30s, a time when people are probably back in the dating pool because of a failed relationship, everyone is looking for evidence that a budding relationship isn't doomed to the same kinds of failure as the last one.
There aren't may ways to socially signal "I'm focused on (internal) self improvement and I'm serious about it".