Typically, yes. They obviously aren't supposed to be too forceful, but they also aren't supposed to enable unhealthy coping mechanisms. My own therapist would surely offer Yoshizawa-san a compassionate approach, but one that nudged her toward making peace with her sister's death instead.

[And she has done Akechi so much good that, naturally, the bar is rather high in his book.]

I suspect Maruki's hindered by his desire to erase all the pain in the world. But pain cannot be erased. It can fade, but it is a part of life.