Teaching your healthcare professional clients to allow you to hold space

Just sharing thoughts I guess...

Started working with a client recently; extensive hx of trauma, and parentified early on. Was placed in the unique position of being primary breadwinner for family due to talent.

He's a joy; went into healthcare to better serve his community and be a voice for the voiceless. He doesn't understand that it is OK for him to be the one that's listened to, and that it is completely fine for space to be held for him, and that he doesn't need to be concerned about someone else's welfare (mine) during his session.

Feels especially important to lean into helping him understand that he matters, especially when he was told that he's expendable by a friend/ former supervisor who didn't understand how it would be internalized.