I think a good therapist is one who understands and accepts you even it is not who they are. Who accepts your actions as yours and helps you through working on things you want to change without trying to change things that you don't. A person who is kind when you are needing some comforting and strong when you are going down a self destructive path and wise enough to know the difference. And especially someone who you feel safe with. And someone who is not a friend but shares your dreams, hopes and growth without judgement. Someone who shares your secret hopes and fears and both the past and the future. Someone who you trust and know you will never be betrayed and hurt because they do. Someone beyond a friend but with the empathy a good friend has. Someone who will never hurt you even though they have all the information to do so. Someone who shares your struggles and fears while remaining the one who keeps you safe. The rock in a sea full of turmoil.