no...no way. i am not a very compassionate person. i struggle with expressing empathy to people. doesnt mean i dont feel it, its just hard to express. actually, there are only a few people i really care enough for to feel empathy for. prob could count on 1 hand. i often think i am a bad person because of this.

also i have social anxiety and i dont think it would work out well, haha.

my T originally got a masters in atmospheric chemistry. he went to work in that field. something changed his mind and he went back to get a masters in counselling at naropa university in boulder, CO which is a program for "contemplative psychotherapy". he is finishing up his dissertation to get a PsyD. My T told me his mom died when he was in college, early 20s. i think this is what affected him , and he sought treatment in therapy. i asked him once about all this, why he wanted to be a therapist. he said he was in his own long term therapy and it inspired him.