This phrase comes up a lot between Niles and Frasier. It is stated as something understood by psychiatrists.
The biggest example is the episode where Niles is subconsciously trying to injure Martin to keep Daphne from leaving.
What are your thoughts on “no accidents”? Is it true ? (I do not think it is)
I don’t think it’s true. It’s just a fun way to imply a person has intentions subconsciously driving them to behave a certain way. In my experience, I’m pretty consciously making every choice. I rarely ever do anything by accident and - usually - the accident is definitely not helpful in anyway. E.g. dropping something is not subconsciously helpful. Doesn’t indicate I wanted to drop that thing.
Frasier is full of “pop psychology,” but the writers do a good job of insinuating that his show is pop psychology. The fact that Niles doesn’t refute it is harder to justify…