Thank you, moonrise for understanding what I said.
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is not relevent about the mental health of a therapist. thats like saying i cant look after people as a carer because im not well myself. Therapists are still people, I think too many people put there therapists on a pedastal to say that they cant have their own issues. You wouldnt have a clue if your therapist was struggling. My therapist went through divorce and a breakdown and was still competent to help me. I only knew her suffering after it had happened and after termination.
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It is VERY relevant to me. Very much so. Maybe not to you, but to me it is. I KNOW therapists are people and I do not put mine above me. I didn't say they can't have their own issues. I just want and need my therapist to currently be in better mental health than I am and I KNOW he is and it's comforting to me.
I actually went into a helping/caring profession (social work) and decided I couldn't do it. It would not have been fair for me to try to help people when I couldn't help myself. I think therapists can be good even if they need help, but I couldn't do it.