A woman engages warmly in a counseling session, sitting comfortably in a well-lit and cozy room adorned with plants and books. Research tells us that therapists account for approximately 8% of the variability in psychotherapy outcomes, while the therapeutic relationship explains an additional 15%[1]. Considered together, these figures point to something practitioners across all orientations would do well to take seriously — that who we are as therapists, and how we show up re
