Re:Why I Quit Being a Therapist [video]
by phkahler on Saturday November 10, 2018 @09:58AM
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>> he mentions suffering from vicarious trauma so much that at some point he was crying with patients every day.
Actually experiencing someones emotions is one of the most helpful things you can do for them. I say actually because it seems therapists train to pretend to understand. They train to hide their own feelings or let a client try to support them. It's ironic that they want people to become their authentic selves, but that's the one behavior they won't model. I have no doubt the guy in this video did wonders for his patients.
(And one bit that struck me hard: he mentions suffering from vicarious trauma so much that at some point he was crying with patients every day. Makes the video worth watching, imo. It makes you think about the kind of therapist you’d hope to find yourself in a room with, if necessary, one day.)