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I've always been a huuuuuuuuge believer in the idea of faith.  Now don't roll your eyes, just hear me out.
With a doctor/patient relationship, the doctor is the advisor and the patient is the decision maker.  Ultimately, the patient has to do the vast majority (80%) of the work, the doctor just helps.  So if the patient doesn't have absolute faith in what the doctor is instructing them to do, the whole thing is going to fall apart in short order, and whatever gains you hoped to make will actually invert, causing more damage along the way to (hopefully) eventual recovery with another doctor.
For a guy like Bradley, having someone in his corner, sitting on the bench with him or even just a really good friend at home, who he trusts COMPLETELY, that is the key to his maintaining an even keel.  We all know people who are in the Bradley template, people who just for whatEVER reason can't accept criticism, no matter how it's packaged.  What works for those people is someone they can trust who gives them nothing but genuine, 100% positive reinforcement.
If there's no trust, then the whole thing will fall apart.  But if he trusts that the advisor/doctor/teammate/coach/friend/partner is truly honest and truly on his side, then that is the absolute key to maintaining his forward momentum.  It's so easy for this type of person to spin 180 degrees and start using his incredible determination to undermine and destroy everyone and everything that supports him.  Just gotta keep him pointed in the right direction, and if he does pull a Crazy Ivan, back as far away as is needed so he doesn't find a target in the wrong direction.