LOL MC!!!! Not pathetic...hopeful perhaps?

I like it because although the main purpose of the article is to explain how she has affected her patients and how her interventions have continued to produce growth and hope even after her work was over, if you read between the lines, you can see how she has been affected by it all too. I often wonder how our pain, failures and successes affect our Ts. I saw T today for an emergency session. I was crying and crying, his eyes were moist and he let out a tear or two. He was there with me feeling my pain. Beyond the countertransference, beyond keeping a professional distance, beyond objective caring, this type of work has to touch their souls in so many different ways. That's what this artcle implies in so many ways.