Hi Red, Well first off I want to say good on you for pursuing this career while working through your own stuff. I SI too. And I have a degree in social work. I will one day work with my degree, but need to sort myself out first. My CBT t - not my primary t - has shared her SI pastwith and I didn't judge her. I was telling her how hard it is on hot days to have to cover up my arms and she disclosed her past to me (even though she doesn't usually self-disclose to clients). I appreciated her sharing, it brought us closer and let me know that she understood where I was coming from. I don't judge my t's, I would prefer they had life experience in the darkness of the human mind.