True teachers teach us how to help ourself grow

A good teacher, teaches you how to teach yourself.
A good provider, teaches your how to grow your own crops to sustain yourself.
A good psychologist teaches you to become mentally and emotionally more independent.

A part of growing is to make your more self efficient, self sustainable, more self reliable, more independent, more emotionally more independent in the pillar of lights, wiser etc...

However, it is also equally important to know when to ask for help, swallow your pride to ask for help if need be, we are all working together after all.