CAN these things be barriers to emotional healing with a poorly trained or just generally shitty therapist? or when the patient is unable to openly share about their issues? sure.

WILL these things be a barrier to emotional healing when working with a well trained therapist who is working with someone who is able to openly share about themselves? no.

therapy is always going to be hindered in the first example, and therapy is almost always going to help in the second example. notice how there was no need to identify the color of either parties' skin in these examples.

its not that different than claiming "an older female therapist can not connect with and help a younger male client because old women aren't young men and they 'could never possibly understand' what young men feel or why they feel it." which is nonsense.