When I started therapy with my ex-T, I had a job I really wanted, but was not performing very well at work which troubled me a lot. I was screwing up for myself more or less on purpose. However, ex-T did not understand the importance that my job has for me, and how close it is to my sense of self and identity. She also gave me advice such as "stop thinking about doing research" which, if I had taken it, would have made me unhappy and locked me into my least favourite part of my job. My current T gets it, and understands that work is something I need to talk about a great deal in therapy because it is both important and problematic. In addition, he doesn't really give me advice (maybe this is something for another thread...). One year ago I had done no research at all for several years and was very unhappy about my work situation. This semester I've had papers accepted for two international conferences, and in addition have taken on new assignments at work and managed to do them rather well. Those are not things T has done for me, obviously (I wrote those papers and applied for the job assignments and carried them out), but I credit therapy and my amazing T with helping me discover how I can do these things. I'm about to apply for promotion, too, which is something ex-T advised me not to do, while current T is actively encouraging since it is something I have expressed that I want.