Back to the purpose of this thread:

I am not particularly concerned about whether a therapist or pdoc has struggled with mental health issues in the past; I suspect many of them have or have dealt personally with people in their lives who did. I am more concerned that they have their mental health issues under decent management so that their issues don't impact my care; I want a therapist or pdoc who is pretty darned stable and competent in their own self-care, boundaries, able to be consistent and work effectively with clients. I do fear there is not enough oversight of therapy candidates to be sure their own stability and self-awareness is at a point that they can separate their own "stuff" from the work with their clients.

I ran into a couple of therapists who gave me a fairly immediate feeling they were using their work as a therapist as an avenue for their own personal "work" on their own issues. I picked up on that very early on and headed for the hills as fast as I could.