questions i'm pondering about therapy

so i'm sitting in class all day (all day) today (and tomorrow), and no one can expect me to be in class from 9-630 and not have my mind wander in a million directions (per minute).

the class i'm in all weekend is called History and Therapeutic Perspectives, so it's essentially a class covering theories and practices of psychological therapy.

the thoughts i'm pondering in particular during my mental break right now are ones that have to do with why i want to get a master's in counseling and what that means to me, questions about what i believe make a good counselor (or a bad counselor), and what are good things that therapists do (and the things that are downright bad).

my professor just said that for him, the greatest sin as a therapist is making the person less than they are, and that he does this through being distracted.

so i find myself feeling the need to figure out the details as to why i want this degree, what i want to do with it, whether it is something i can do well - because i believe that those who don't do it well often become abusive in one form or another. and i find myself needing to set out the things that i think are most important to do and to avoid.

anyway, just some random thoughts for the day.