What Is the Job of a Therapist All About?

Question by brother from QG: What is the job of a therapist all about?
The idea of therapy attracts my attention and I’d like to know if it’s gonna be worth studying it when I get into college. But I need to understand what is therapy and what’s the job of a therapist. Give me as much info as you can!! Thank you!
i don’t know what area I wanna go into in therapy. can’t you tell me a bit about each kind in like a paragraph or two for each kind of a therapy profession plz? That would really help me understand y’know.

Best answer:

Answer by Pask
Well first, you have to figure out what area of therapy you want to go into – psychotherapy, physical therapy, massage therapy, the list goes on.

Answer by lily
Being a therapist involves the skill of sitting there being very bored but appearing to be interested. Oh, and acting like you somehow received the “book of life” and can tell others what they should/shouldn’t do in their own lives.

So basically, being a good friend and getting paid for it.

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