I've talked to two dozen of 'em, and read/listened to many more. The profession clearly attracts a good number of narcs and insecure types, and i think it's helpful to acknowledge patterns and tendencies in the biz, rather than see each therapist as a special little snowflake.

Therapists should be held to a higher standard than other people when it comes to admitting mistakes, etc. They are paid to be exemplars of healthy relating, so they should not be given a gold star when they fess up to doing something stupid. It's their job. And when they fail at this, leaving some vulnerable person in distress, they should be crucified.

I was heavily manipulated by one, and then others that followed telegraphed similar tendencies. But who cares? I now find it futile and pointless, all my prior fretting about therapists acknowledging responsibility or not. They're just paid actors. Even if one confesses the most heinous transgression, sobs at your feet, who the hell cares. Many of them would just as quickly bounce you to the next therapist, if they thought it appropriate. They probably have little emotional stake in the relationship, because the client is not real to them, and is only one of many widgets that files through the machinery of therapy. That's my take.