I have a close family member who seems to be caught in a very vicious cycle of negativity, making it a real challenge to have any dealings with this person. One of those that no matter if you try to be positive and encouraging or hold a mirror up to very overt bad habits, you are the bad guy in the situation. This person continues to try to treat symptoms as they do not want to dig up trauma from the past, even though as you say that could be very helpful in learning how to actually move forward.

I think the medical profession as a whole has a problem with not looking at the root cause. Too profitable to make pills and just treat the symptoms instead of actually finding true healing. Though I do have a few dear friends in the mental health and medical fields who are big exceptions to that rule, but it is tough when the system as a whole is quite broken.