stopdog you may be surprised to hear that there ARE people who WANT to be in the helping professions to...help. I've thought on and off for years about doing something along the lines of art or recreational therapy, but just can't make up my mind if i actually want to be a T. I am also a preschool teacher, and genuinely like and want to be a part of these kids' lives and help them learn and grow.

Not to say there aren't selfish motives like money (we all gotta live, and im pretty sure its not so lucrative anymore), and most everybody has issues of their own, so of course it is going to direct them into their line of work. T's are not an exception.