It has been for me. I am a health care professional myself, and because I live in a small town my T and I often have patients in common. In the right setting I am my therapist's peer. But not in the therapy session. However, that can be easy to forget. I have even considered going out of town for therapy, but it takes up enough of my time as it is without adding a couple of hours of driving time each week (and the cost of gas).