The Ego Is Tied to Being Helpful

We don't want to create that kind of dependency not only because of what that does to us but ethically that client has to go and live their life you know so we need to help them build a support system. People have more than one person that they can go to when they're in crisis and when they need support. I think it's quite common for helping professionals to be highly empathic very sensitive and to be the person in their family that care takes everybody else. We get really you know our worthiness is tied to the work that we do and that's dangerous and that is a part of burnout.