As a client, I won't work with a T who talks about or admits to having any major psych issues. I want a therapist who is "someone I want to be like" not someone who is empathetic because "they have been there." Although I am trying to learn to be a little more tolerant of people's pasts, I need my T to be emotionally stable and NOT talk about his or her psych history. If the issues are unresolved that sounds like a recipe for disaster. I mean there are all sorts of ways that a T could use his or her "power and authority" to intentionally or unintentionally abuse those who are emotionally vulnerable (as most T clients are).