Even just starting out as a therapist is hard work. You have to have a certain number of logged hours, supervised hours, tests to take, etc. So by the time one has all of the qualifications, they have to be pretty sure that they want to be a therapist.

The job itself has to be pretty stressful, even though they're supposed to leave everything at the office. There's a lot of remember - I wonder how my t does it! - and each patient has a different personality and needs. Notes are required and the t pretty much has to be one step ahead during each session. Therapists surely don't get paid enough for what they do; especially those who are paid by face-to-face client hours and they cancel.