therapists work with their minds and their emotions, regulating both to evaluate and treat their clients difficulties. There are people that excel in this type of work, people that coast through the day, and people that hate their work and it is obvious.

Therapists are accepting of behaviors that most people would judge, criticize, and even punish. They get into details when most people would run away. And they put their own freedom at risk every time they close the door.

Many therapists have worked in mental hospitals and prisons. They have been verbally abused, inappropriately touched, had bodily fluids thrown at them, been assaulted, hospitalized, and some killed by their clients. They have had clients follow them home and ring their doorbell at 3 am.

And then they are yelled at by their boss/client and are told they can't be trusted because they get paid and are doing it for the money.

I don't know if it's necessarily a job, but I'd say anyone who gets into a field with these sorts of potentials is definitely working.