Burnout is not the last danger for a psychotherapist. Almost all of our colleagues experience burnout sooner or later. Serious complications - clinical depression, alcoholism and drug addiction, physiological ailments, acute feelings of loneliness, problems with personal and professional boundaries - are observed in no more than 10% of psychologists. Another problem—secondary trauma, or loss of compassion for someone else’s grief—occurs in a quarter of psychotherapists who work with severely traumatized clients. There are also many “wounded healers” who walk with a slight limp, but remain quite useful in their work. In conversations with many colleagues, I heard about specialists who are “damaged” from the very beginning and are looking for a “cover” for their personality disorders in the profession. They find victims among clients and exploit them emotionally or sexually, instill controversial values, manipulate, enjoy power and do not let clients go on time. But at the same time, they sincerely believe in their exclusivity and that they help people in this way. Any attempts to ask them to realistically evaluate the benefits and harms of their actions cause surprise and indignation. Dysfunctions in a specialist’s psyche do not always appear immediately, but burnout can aggravate them. And usually a person denies having problems. But often he unconsciously begins to try to save himself at the expense of other people, immorally, selfishly and at the risk of causing injury to them. There are many professionals among us who can notice their descent into endless mental suffering. However, people who have brought themselves to such a painful state are unlikely to adequately perceive my words. And over the months and years of their work, they are able to “infect” many colleagues and clients. We all need to be attentive not only to our clients and our mental health, but also not to forget about the well-being of our colleagues. We need to accept that boredom and burnout can lead to poor practice performance, addiction, depression, divorce, and suicide. Our professional dream is to make the world a happier place. To do this, we must start with ourselves and only then extend a helping hand to our colleagues. The mistake is from God. So don't try to fix the mistake. On the contrary, try to understand it, penetrate its meaning, and get used to it. And liberation will come. Salvador DaliIgor Alferov | Balint groups: supervision, webinars, checklists