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My wife is a therapist and says it's a very common reason people get into the field.

em-bee 3y ago
i think this is positive. because it means therapists can empathize when people feel that there is something wrong with them. there is nothing worse than a therapist who doesn't take your feelings seriously. also, when you do need therapy yourself, depending on what kind of therapist you get, you can end up spending a lot of time learning just for your own sake. my brother did that, and at some point he was able to explain his issues better than the therapists he talked to. did you ask your wife about her reasons to become a therapist?
- staticman2 3y ago
  >i think this is positive. because it means therapists can empathize when people feel that there is something wrong with them. there is nothing worse than a therapist who doesn't take your feelings seriously. On the other hand if you happen to have a condition that doesn't respond well to therapy it seems kind of horrific to me to become a therapist just to learn that.
- zen928 3y ago
  I don't want therapists to empathize and feel my emotions, I want them to sympathize and understand why I feel that way. You don't want doctors who have compromised their judgment by being in emotional states from self inflicted empathy when trying to treat people in a judgment free and rational way. Taking my feelings seriously as another input to the question of my mental state is different than feeling a personal empathetic connection with someone who is supposed to be their patient.
  - em-bee 3y ago
    I want them to sympathize and understand why I feel that way yes, exactly. english is not my first language, so maybe i am not applying the right terms. either way i think is easier for the therapist to understand their patients if they themselves feel that there is something different about them.
ersamsa 3y ago
Same. Knowing some of them personally confirms that they‘re humans after all.

i think this is positive. because it means therapists can empathize when people feel that there is something wrong with them. there is nothing worse than a therapist who doesn't take your feelings seriously. also, when you do need therapy yourself, depending on what kind of therapist you get, you can end up spending a lot of time learning just for your own sake. my brother did that, and at some point he was able to explain his issues better than the therapists he talked to. did you ask your wife about her reasons to become a therapist?

staticman2 3y ago
>i think this is positive. because it means therapists can empathize when people feel that there is something wrong with them. there is nothing worse than a therapist who doesn't take your feelings seriously. On the other hand if you happen to have a condition that doesn't respond well to therapy it seems kind of horrific to me to become a therapist just to learn that.
zen928 3y ago
I don't want therapists to empathize and feel my emotions, I want them to sympathize and understand why I feel that way. You don't want doctors who have compromised their judgment by being in emotional states from self inflicted empathy when trying to treat people in a judgment free and rational way. Taking my feelings seriously as another input to the question of my mental state is different than feeling a personal empathetic connection with someone who is supposed to be their patient.
- em-bee 3y ago
  I want them to sympathize and understand why I feel that way yes, exactly. english is not my first language, so maybe i am not applying the right terms. either way i think is easier for the therapist to understand their patients if they themselves feel that there is something different about them.

ersamsa 3y ago

Same. Knowing some of them personally confirms that they‘re humans after all.