Last T said many times that my life strategies, reactions and values were so different from other clients that he did not even attempt to interpret me much or use his usual techniques with me. He emphasized so much how different I apparently was, I really got tired of it, especially because it's something I have heard frequently from people in my whole life. From a T all that sounded more like an argument for not doing much actively, kinda avoiding the challenge. I will never know if any of them has become better / more flexible professionally.

It's also true that I never saw a therapist long enough or did deep enough work with them for significant learning experiences to occur. Or if it did, it wasn't expressed to me much.