Mine has said she wanted to do more than "10 sessions and goodbye" therapy that's focused on "just" symptom reduction. Back then, I had a lot of symptoms, and was really ashamed of not finding CBT (from a previous therapist) helpful.

Another time, I was talking about how it's disheartening how stigmatised certain diagnoses are, and she said she likes complex, challenging clients. She's a clinical psychologist, so her focus tend(ed) to be people with several psychiatric diagnoses, who may have "failed" a couple of therapies.

Clinical guidelines where I live shuffle everyone through basic solution-focused-brief-therapy first, then short CBT, and so on.

Now that she's in private practice, I think she likes variation, and that doesn't necessarily come with a diagnosis. Nor does it need to be long term therapy. She's quite a fan of working with people on building the kind of life they want, as well as helping struggling healthcare workers.