It's no secret that The Bachelor often puts its contestants in difficult positions and encourages them to open up about traumatic events sooner than they might otherwise would, but making them do forced therapy on group dates is especially cruel. It has happened twice now on the current season, and it's hard to watch each time.

During one-on-one dates, women are expected to reveal a traumatic story, which generally focuses on something like the death of a family member or the dissolution of a previous marriage. This part of episodes has always been uncomfortable to consume as viewers, since many of these contestants are telling these very intimate stories to the lead despite not knowing them very well. In a more natural setting, they wouldn't speak about these personal moments until much later in the relationship. Recently, however, the group dates have started to mirror this part of the one-on-one, where contestants are implored to discuss something they've struggled with.

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On Monday, five women went on the final group date with Clayton in which they met with a supposed Austrian psychotherapist for "couples therapy." After watching Susie Evans return from a Pretty Woman date, the women were not pleased about being forced into a therapy-like setting. During the date, Genevieve Parisi was sent home because she wouldn't be open with Clayton during the couples therapy session. Sarah Hamrick, who was the only one who spoke positively of therapy — which is a good opinion to have — was painted as a villain and sent home later in the date.

Sarah Hamrick on The Bachelor season 26

This date follows one from earlier this season when the women sat in a circle and were encouraged to speak about difficult topics. They didn't seem to enjoy that date and the women again were unpleased on Monday night. There are certain dates that should be off-limits for producers, and this is one of them.

Therapy scenes have been depicted in movies and television shows, but often what is portrayed on screen is not reality. Couples therapy was given a bad rap on Monday and treated as something that should only be approached for couples who have a tough time opening up with one another. When the psychotherapist suggested one of them was being performative with her answers, that will only lead some prospective therapy-goers to potentially hold back their true feelings because they might not be entirely trusting of their therapists. Of course, everything seen on The Bachelor should be taken with a grain of salt. But there is a significant portion of the audience who may believe the show is somewhat like reality. For that reason and many others, the group therapy dates need to end.

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The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8pm EST on ABC.