I prefer a therapist familiar with struggle and adversity - regardless of how it’s packaged.

From what she’d shared, my former therapist grew up in a life of privilege with a close family, was supported through many years of private college, and landed the husband/children/dog/white picket fence dream. She said she’d never gone through depression or been particularly anxious, and her stable base is why she wanted to go into the practice of therapy.

I always felt the large disconnect between her life experiences and my own. Therapy felt a little too voyeristic explaining certain pains to someone who could not relate much.