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Me too. I've also read that teenage girls are as effective as professionally trained therapists... and even that you might not need a human listener at all to get the benefits; just keeping a diary helps.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/2j/schools_proliferating_without_evidence/ and http://lesswrong.com/lw/94t/meta_analysis_of_writing_therapy/ seem relevant.
If you want more detailed refs including the claim that the particular school matters much less than the quality of the therapist (with an honorable exception for CBT), http://counsellingbooks.com/bibliography/theory-and-research/general-and-comparative.html#LambertBergin_1994 http://counsellingbooks.com/bibliography/theory-and-research/general-and-comparative.html#BeutlerEtAl_1994 are relevant.
All kinds of therapists or just traditional psychoanalysts? The efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy is supposed to have strong empirical support. I wouldn't be very surprised if it turned out that most of that support is critically flawed but I also wouldn't be surprised if the study you're referring to was behind the times.
Probably just traditional psychoanalysis. I mean, lying on the couch and discussing sexual topics, is there something a teenager wouldn't be able to do? On the other hand, rational thinking and proper behavior, that's like an exact opposite of being a teenager. :)
Dunno, it's just something that I remember hearing once. I couldn't find a source.
I did manage to come across the name for this effect: Dodo Bird Verdict.