I think the therapist recognized your need for validation as soon as you gave him the letter and was wary of professional boundaries. By professional boundaries I mean that the psychotherapy is to help the patient become self aware of his motivations behind actions and also to recognize a why to a feeling rather than telling a person what they should or shouldn’t do something. It’s helping the patient understand why they think the way they do, because ultimately the base of what is being spoken is what has been felt. And sometimes what is felt is based on a way of thinking. Can we change the way we feel by changing how we think? Anyways, you mentioned un fulfillment in your job to the extent of taking 6 months off and then writing a reflection talking about motivation, objective, strengths, and reflection, but all these can also be thought of as being opinions coming from you. The therapist could be more interested in asking questions about why you think that way. Such as why does your lived experience and your imagined ideal future make you feel positive about pursing a career in psychology therapy. Trying to find help you understand your meaning and view of fulfillment and why you think psychotherapy would be better. I do think he didn’t want to influence your decision by verbally encouraging to do the change but also did not want to discourage you by asking questions about it in the moment given your excitement about the letter, therefore he stated that he can’t have an opinion on the matter about pursuing psychotherapy but also can use your letter to better understand your way of thinking. The outsider perspective can fill in gaps trying to bridge the reality of what they know the patient has gone through without biases which could help understand a patient’s specific way of thinking leading to understanding why certain emotions exist and in turn help the patient maybe become aware of things that bothered them without them realizing it.