Would you have made a good therapist, and why?

I think I have what it takes. I genuinely care about pretty much anyone and I've been through a lot so I understand a lot. I'm also open and not very judgmental and very sensitive (but not too sensitive). Anyways I think I could be a great therapist.

I'm good with my friends. I have people confide in me a lot. But I don't think I'd make a good therapist for a lot of reasons, primarily practical. I wouldn't want to have to be available outside of office hours. The idea of people potentially getting attached/possessive of me weirds me out a bit. I'm sure they train Ts to deal with that but I'd rather not.

Plus, if I were going to be a T, I'd want to work with tougher cases like those really deeply struggling and I think that could trigger stuff within me as well as someone struggling needs the kind of support I wouldn't give. So best to stay away from the profession.

I said no because I'd care too much, get over involved, try to rescue people before crashing and burning out myself. So, no.

Nope, I would suck. I'd get annoyed with people, I have trouble with emotions, and I dissociate when I hear about bad stuff too close to my own. Nope, definitely no future as a T for me, and I'm 1000% OK with that!

I am a competitive show-off. I'd always want to impress the patient.

No way. I can barely stay still long enough to get through my hour, much less client after client!

I would have made a great therapist right up to the point where I had my breakdown. I wouldn't be able to separate myself from my client's problems, I would worry about them from one session to the next. It's hard enough to do that will just my issues, but to do the same thing with all my clients would quickly overwhelm me.

As I´ve thought about being a T I also thought about if I could work as a T or if it´s more about being very interested in the field of psychology. To me the core of therapy is empathy (as I would only work with psychodynamic therapies) and I don´t feel empathy for "everyone and everywhere".

As an example I would find it hard to help a sex offender or some other criminal and does that then mean I wouldn´t be able to work as a T?

I don´t feel emotional about ALL suffering, suffering that are very far from my own experiences. Would that mean I wouldn´t be able to work as a T?

Such questions made me answer "maybe" in this poll.

no... i am not a very compassionate person. i struggle with empathy. i can come across as *****y IRL but really im just terribly shy and scared.

I answered that There are no good or bad therapists, just good or bad therapist-client relationships. I should probably clarify that there are bad, unethical therapists, of course, and let's hope we don't run into them.

I'm a fan of seeing the therapy relationship through, even if it's initially sort of...uninspired. Each dyad is unique, and there's something to be gained from an imperfect relationship, as long as both parties can be honest. Most relationships are, after all, imperfect, right?

That said, I'd probably have been an okay therapist for some people and a bad one for lots of others. I've a lot of respect for people who choose to become therapists, but I'm glad I'm not one of them.

No, I don't have the empathy needed to be a good therapist. I'm a little to straight forward.

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