I am a social work/counseling major at age 65 because I wrote about my life (no mental illness, but what I have managed to overcome....abuse, poverty, molestation, etc)...Most everyone on the planet has issues/stuff...

That is why there is a term for mental health professionals who had/have issues or mental health problems: Wounded Healers....I would rather hear from someone who has lived those things, than from a professional who just read books on the subjects. "don;t take me where you haven't been."