When people ask me why I became a therapist, the most common answer they hear is something like, “I want to help people.” And that’s true. It’s a privilege to walk alongside someone as they work through pain, loss, or difficult seasons in life. But there’s another side to the story that doesn’t get talked about as much: therapists are helped by their clients too. Over the past 35 years, I’ve spent tens of thousands of hours in therapy conversations. During that time, I’ve wat