So You Want To Be a Therapist? Interesting. Let’s Talk About That.

If you’ve ever been in a therapist’s office, you may have had the
thought, “What if it was me sitting in that other chair? What if
I was the therapist?”


And then you might have wondered what that would actually involve
and what it would feel like to be that other person with the
sympathetic expression.


Well, we’ve wondered that too and we decided to do something
about it. We called up Lori Gottlieb, a practicing therapist and
author of the best selling book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
to ask her about the process of becoming a therapist, what has
surprised her about the profession, and what skills she has
needed the most. We also spoke to Andrea Kremer, a newly-minted
therapist and member of our Preshies group on Facebook about her
experiences and the lessons she has learned.


Maybe after this episode you’ll want to be a therapist too. Or
maybe not. Regardless, let’s explore those feelings.


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