I saw GimmeIce's response to my post and saw that she said her therapist is younger than her. This piqued my interest since I am 27 and the majority of my clients are in their 40s or older. The only person who has ever made a comment about my age being a problem is actually a male client who is about 2 years older than me. I can see how it would be weirder if the younger therapist is younger by a couple years, rather than 20 years.

I would absolutely die if my therapist was younger than me (this is not very likely, but there are a few people in my doctoral cohort who are therapists and they are a year or two younger than me). But I couldn't even deal with a therapist who would be anywhere near my age.

Besides for needing a male therapist, I also needed someone who was considerably older than me. My T is in his mid 80s. No, I'm just kidding. He is in his mid 50s.

I let my T pick out my marriage therapist for me. I told him to make sure she was old, haha (I suspect she is in her late 50s to early 60s). Before I met her, T said to me, "Do you need me to interview her and ask her where she was when JFK was shot?" hehehe

So-- I am wondering how important is a therapist's age to you, particularly when choosing a therapist?

And for anyone who has a therapist who is younger than you are-- what is that like for you?