I want to hear from clients.... what makes a good therapist or counselor??!

I want to hear from clients.... what makes a good therapist or counselor??

personally, i find that if the counselor or therapist knows what the person is really going thru. when i first started therapy it was fine until i made some break thrus then she couldn't help me because she had had no classes on the subject. for instance, when i needed guidance thru my being molested and raped by my older brother from babyhood til i was 13 1/2 years old. she didn't know how to help me. the mh clinic put me in with another therapist who was a man. i tried to trust him, but when i admitted something confidential to him, he yelled at me. i never went back. trouble was i had a complete breakdown and was put on 72 hr hold. needless to say i'm much better, but it's taken 20+ years. a person needs to be able to trust and confide w/o being yelled at or condemned for what he/she says.