I have friends who are therapists. I don't know how they are with their clients, but among themselves they talk about what great clinicians they are, how much they make, and how their consulting rooms are arranged.
I've read 5000 or so textbook pages on Freud, self psychology ( does not mean doing therapy on yourself), ego psychology, object relations, systems, and the word "care" was never mentioned. I really like Jung.
Therapists are human. Many can and do care, but developing and acting on the caring can destroy both the therapist and the client. That's why there is or should be solid supervision of the therapist. Therapists have issues. Caring can be a pathway to confusing and jumbling the therapists issues with the patient's, or improper attachments, especially if the patient is super smart and really disturbed.
Professional distance and discipline are required because dealing with psyche and soul is dangerous. That does not mean being cold or less than human. There is a whole lot to be examined in transferences and countertransference.
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