I used to feel that way myself. But I don't anymore, because I know that often therapists get into a therapy program that seems to work and they get very involved with patients and don't always have time to keep up with all the articles and research that comes out.

What I think about is how much I struggle and how difficult it really is and that therapists do "learn a lot from their patients" as they "practice" therapy work.

So, if I find something that really helps me, I do bring it to him because I would rather "share" and if I can help "him" it will also help others like myself who reach out to him for help. I have gotten to a point with my therapist that we are a "team" and while I look to him for help, I am also aware that what he is also doing is "helping me learn how to help myself". There is such a "need" for "good therapists" out there, it is a challenging career. It must be so challenging and tiring to hear so many bad things that people experience day after day. I know that it can get depressing and tiring for T's. My T told me that it took him a while to understand that he cannot "fix" his patients, that he has to learn to be patient and listen and do his best to help them learn to "help themselves".

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