Relatability and respect don't really have much to do with each other for me. I don't really care if a therapist has been through the same struggles I have as long as they try to be empathetic and understanding of my feelings about it. But yeah, I do respect my current therapist because he doesn't put on a big show. He's pretty straightforward and will also share some information about himself that makes him seem more like a regular person. He's not trying to be a god or a profound "healer." I feel like he's just a normal guy.

I've had a bad experience with a therapist who did have a god complex and didn't like it if I disagreed with something she said. It ended badly. The more I learned about her over the years, the less I respected her because I came to see it was all a big production. She was no better than a TV preacher in the end.