Hello everyone,

I’d like to start a thread about becoming a T.
About a year ago, after a catalyzing experience on the long and winding road towards healing, I got this really clear idea that becoming a therapist was a real professional future for me.

Reading posts by people already being counselors (Mallard) and others training as T’s (Catalyst) reassured and intrigued me as to the phenomenon of the healed/healing becoming healers themselves.
Lately, as the start of my four year’s training course approaches, I’m getting all nervous about my capabilities.

On the plus side:
- I really like the idea of connecting to people on a deeper level
- I’ve always found the topic of psychology and therapy incredibly interesting
- I’m fascinating by the infinite ways in which a therapeutic healing process can unroll
- I want to accompany others in their healing process
- I’m fascinated by the therapeutic relationship (and I don’t seem to be the only one )
- I’m good at: non judgment, openmindedness, seeing things in perspective, tolerance for (anyone else’s ) vulnerability, …
- I’m a good listener (when I put my mind to it)
- I’m looking forward to continue my personal work in a more intense way during the first year of training

But:
- I still often feel unstable, fragile, full of doubts, inexperienced and confused/blurry where y own healing is concerned. I’m counting on the idea that T training will help me to acquire not only lots of skills, but also the steadfastness/constancy which I find so crucial in my T’s personality
- I wonder if I will ever learn the skills needed or to what extent do you already have to have them as fixed personality traits and to what extent can you acquire them in training.

Basically, I’m asking for some feedback from all those out there already working as T’s or in training. And anyone else, because, judging from the compassion, empathy and clarity of responses on this forum, so many of you in this community have incredible healing capabilities.