I'm on my way to being a T-- and I see a T and plan to continue to do so for a very long time. I will have my graduate degree in May and right now I am interning as a T. I am pretty good at separating what is going on with me vs. what is going on w/ my patients. I would trade my personal experiences for anything because they made me who I am and allow me to feel more, experience more... and I believe this leads to a deeper level of empathy, understanding, and compassion w/ my patients. I am not going to say I am never triggered by certain things that they demonstrate-- but that's what supervision is for. I'm not much for diagnoses, but just to illustrate a point-- I am technically diagnosed as bipolar, borderline, and GAD-- and I am able to do this type of work. It is entirely possible. In fact, I am in the mist of a depressive episode right now, but somehow I am still able to do ths work. When I am doing therapy, I feel as though I doing exactly what I am meant to be doing.