As we were going over the things she needed to remember in order to face the coming week, she nodded affirmatively, looked at me, and asked: "Why hadn't anyone told me this before?" Those words nestled inside me, echoing in my ears. She was neither the first nor the last to say them. The same scenario repeated itself again and again. In the sessions, there were people who believed that the intense painful emotions they were experiencing were the result of some failure of their brain or personality. They did not believe they had any power to influence them. Although in some cases longer and more in-depth sessions are required, there were many cases of people who simply needed some information about how their mind and body work and how they could manage their mental health on a daily basis. I knew that the catalyst was not me, but the knowledge they came into contact with.