“It seems we’re still committed to the lie that people enter the healing and helping professions for altruistic reasons or some higher calling. Let me be clear: I’m here because I’m overcoming mental illness and trauma,” Jim LaPierre writes.

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Jim LaPierre, a licensed social worker, is a recovery and LGBTQ ally, trauma therapist, and the director of Higher Ground Services in Brewer. He invites you to connect with him at counseling@roadrunner.com.