I'm unfortunate enough to be in a creative group with a real life therapist. She's one of the most boastful, vainglorious human beings I've ever known, preening and domineering. As I imagine she does in sessions, she acts like she has magical powers to heal for simply being within range of her ethereal aura. She told me that many people in the group think she's brilliant, though she's made no effort to get training in the craft we share. She's non-stop self-promoter around her very thin resume. She tried to give me therapy unsolicited. (She doesn't know about my blog.)

I can't imagine how she is with clients, but I hope she brings the hubris down a few notches. But she has to think she's the smartest person in the room, operating in the delusional bubble she's amazing without actually doing very much.

I will assume she's not typical of the therapist at large, since I've never known another human being like this.