Hi! First thank you for sharing your experience in the video "why I quit being a therapist". It looks like you did your work in that area and you did GOOD! I'm also a social worker and therapist and feel many of the things you wrote. The mental health system in my country is still not that bad. There is no regulation, which is bad, but I can be more free and less pressured by system. That means that there is more pressure inside because I need to watch and self regulate. Beside therapy I have many other obligations (other job, family) since I don't work full time in private practice. That certainly helps to have space and time to change focus. I've heard many stories of horror from my clients. I held them, some tears escaped, some nights were not slept. I also believe that there is no way a therapy can heal if the client doesn't feel that you are there fully. Being distant and not affected is not just impossible but wrong. One thing that kind of protects me is the fact that I have so many personal horror stories, from which I have survived and healed, largely thanks to therapy that sometimes was not even that good. I continued to go so I got something. This helped personally but provided lessons for me as a therapist. What I strongly feel is lack of support and the same problems regarding clients with difficult problems and no money are finding me more and more . Unfortunately, healthcare in my country does not cover psychotherapy so you can imagine how this goes. Working in totally dysfunctional society, dealing with war traumas on all levels, many social problems and challenges I wonder when will I start thinking about career in lets say gardening 🙂 With all that said, I still enjoy it very much and it gives meaning to my life. I just wanted to chat with you with this entry. Good luck with your work, from what I saw on your web page you still do therapy 🙂 Just listening to you was therapeutic. It provoked the best remedy there is "I'm not alone". Thanks!