I’m a longtime patient and currently in school to be a therapist. What they’ve told us at school is that if our own struggles/history line up too closely with our clients’ issues/history that we might have some difficultly keeping our equilibrium.

That said, I taught kids with special needs before having my own, and I had NO IDEA how hard the evening hours are for families until I had my own kids. 5pm witching hour is no joke.

But I wouldn’t rule out a therapist without kids just on that detail.