this might be a dumb question, but i really want to understand this...

when T is sitting talking, are they using things they learned in school or are they just talking?

what do they learn?

like is understanding child development stages useful when talking to me? how?

or do T's learn phrases to say?

or do they study how to read body language, so when i shrug my shoulders, T understands what i mean?

or do T's just assume the same about clients that have the same "issues" so it's like one size fits all....?

or how do T's know what the client is feeling? like when T says "i bet you are feeling really alone" and T is right? how to they know that?

what is it that makes T work or fail?

does understanding all the theory of things make a better a T?
does being more in tune with people make a better T?

do they actually learn how to "do therapy?"..like practice it before they get clients?