I think there are different ways to look at the same thing, the thing that all T's do. I think they see it as "attunement" to the patient, and it seems to me that it must take a lot of concentration. Not exactly changing themselves, but being very in tune with how someone else is feeling and responding to that.

I asked my T once how he was able to switch between clients so quickly (sometimes he doesn't even take a 10-min break). He said it's like he has a computer chip in his head, and when I walk in he puts in the one labeled Bunny. When I leave, he takes it out and puts in the one for the next client. So this is how one therapist sees it.