Anna Kendrick tried couples therapy and it didn't help

• On Wednesday's episode of “Call Her Daddy,” Anna Kendrick opened up about her past relationship issues.
• Kendrick said she went to couples therapy to figure out what was wrong in the relationship.
• Although couples therapy has benefits, experts say it's important to find the right therapist.

Anna Kendrick has not had good experiences with couples therapy.

On Wednesday's episode of Alex Cooper's “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the “Pitch Perfect” star said she had been in an abusive relationship for seven years.

“It didn't follow the traditional pattern, which is another reason I had a really hard time identifying it and calling it offensive,” said Kendrick, who did not name her ex.

“So I thought it had to be me. If one of us is crazy, it has to be me,” she said.

Kendrick, 39, said she had “completely turned her life upside down and tried to sort things out with herself.”

However, couples therapy did not resolve the situation. “It didn’t help that for a long time, I think, our couples therapist just bought his stuff,” she said.

She said her therapist later apologized after “realizing what was going on” near the end of the relationship.

But after screaming in a therapy session, Kendrick said that “something changed” and that “things went away pretty quickly after that.”

Later in the episode, Kendrick said that although she didn't have a “great experience” with couples therapy, she made it a requirement that all future partners have experience seeing a therapist.

“I will never get involved with a man. That means we don't even kiss. We’re not even going to have a real conversation – unless you’re in therapy or have been in therapy.”

A representative for Kendrick did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Here's how to know when to move forward with your therapist

Couples therapy has several benefits for a relationship, including better communication, restoring trust, and increasing satisfaction within a relationship.

However, there are signs that couples should move on or seek another therapist.

Licensed therapist and social worker Jillian Amodio previously told BI that therapy can be hard work. “But it shouldn’t be something stressful or an appointment that you dread,” she said.

Experts also recommend leaving the therapist if you withhold information out of fear, develop an unhealthy bond with them, or are unable to integrate what you have learned into your everyday life.

Additionally, it's important to know when to stop therapy altogether, said Colleen Marshall, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco.

“People should be able to go to therapy, learn whatever they need to learn, go live their lives and then come back when something else happens,” she said.

“You shouldn’t have to rely on therapy your whole life.”