What Does it Actually Take to be a Good Therapist?

Being highly sensitive and deeply empathetic feels like it should qualify you to help others heal, but wanting to help people as a therapist takes more than good intentions. It takes emotional maturity, boundaries, and backbone. I unpack what real empathy actually requires beyond performative empathy, and why compassion without backbone quietly turns into something else. You cannot teach someone their worth while proving you have not yet learned your own. https://www.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices