I know for a fact that psychiatrists are REQUIRED to go through therapy themselves before licensure in their specialty. My first pdoc and I shared a couple of issues, LOL. He was open enough to tell me about them, and about what he'd been through in therapy.

I don't know if T's have the same requirement, but so far I haven't met a T (I've had 3) who hasn't had some huge issue in their life that they've had to confront, presumably through therapy, whether voluntary or not.

Just my .02.

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