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[Blikkentrekker]

The problem with therapists is that therapists tend to come of as a position of authority and that that, for many, makes them less effective.

This man takes the position of a peer.

[samat → Blikkentrekker]

It highly depends on the 'school of therapy', there are approaches when therapists view themselves more of a 'fellow traveler/sufferer on the road of live' and less of an authority figure. And it's highly depends on the individual client and therapist.

[TulliusCicero → Blikkentrekker]

An unassuming, low-key peer at that.