That is a very good question. Whether it's someone who has come from the farm, or whether it is simply another set of parameters and courses that counsellors need to learn, they need to actually go out and meet farmers. Go for a tour. Farmers are very happy to have someone come out to their farms and see what's going on. They can show you what's happening. They can tell you what their time is spent at, how much time it takes to do different things, and how much time they're in isolation.
In horticulture, we spend a lot of time with other people in our industry and with people on our farms, but in lots of jobs you just go out on a tractor and go up and down the field for hours and hours during the day, or else you're out in a field doing another job. You're isolated, and when you're sitting on that tractor, you think a lot. If you are in a good frame of mind, that can be a very good thing. If you are not, though, you can find yourself trapped, rethinking really bad lines of thought.