I've had a bad experience with this with my Old T. She told me, early on, that she wasn't planning on leaving her current work as a clinician for a long time. About a year after that, she found a new job as a social worker at the hospital, and gradually phased out her therapist career. Without really even telling us, her clients. Hmm. I'm not, like, an expert on therapeutic relationships or anything, but something about this is jacked up.

So yeah, I do worry that my New T will become burned out after awhile, even if she is only three years out of grad school. If this happens again, part of me will start to believe that it's my fault!l