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Mia goes on to talk about worries regarding illness, war, and the climate that are
taking her breath away, and Thomas nods in agreement.
At this point, I9m struck by the dream of a fully treated client who lives happily
ever after. I feel frustrated and distressed that these good people, whom I9ve
known for so long now, still must struggle with something in their lives. I can feel
all my therapeutic curiosity fading away in my one-sided focus on wanting to
eliminate the problems. Instead, I ask—perhaps, to rekindle my own curiosity: