Therapy - is talking good for the soul, a learning experience, releasing repressed thoughts?

I think it's mostly a learning experience. But we all release repression when we learn about what is creating the repression, whether it's through talking, or just by living your life and experiencing things. Repression is natural. Not getting over it is why people need to talk. Everybody has certain things they can't get over on their own, so in that way therapy could be good for anyone.