I would say, as someone who is studying psychology and social work and has also been a client in T for close to 13 years, people who choose to go into that profession, in particular, are naturally more caring and more loving than most other people I have met.

I know several social workers, outside of a therapeutic environment, and they still want to help and will sit and talk with someone for hours, even tho the "job" aspect of it isn't there.

Also, in the beginning, at least, it is not a very good paying profession. It is something that they have to love going to work every day, or they would find something that pays better.

And even knowing the pay is crap, I still want to be a social worker. I want to work with people who have experienced trauma, because I have been there. I know I need to get my issues in order before that, because it is difficult work.

I can promise you tho, seeing the light come on in someone's eyes after years of feeling worthless and hopeless is worth more than any paycheck. For the connection a client and T need to get to that point, there does need to be genuine caring from both toward each other.