Do therapists need therapy? You bet they do, and I am often surprised if I know that they don't. It would assume that they have solved all their problems in life and are uber cool. I would be more worried if a therapist said they had all of life's problems sorted out.
Yes therapists do need therapy from time to time and I enjoy having therapy at least once or twice a year. Even if I think I have no current problems, the therapy itself grounds me, and I feel calmer and even more in control.
You hear these stories over the years, like a psychiatrist who was telling their client in no uncertain terms that they must lose weight and the reason they were depressed was because they were overweight. 'Eat carrots' the psychiatrist said. The client looked at him, and smiled to herself as the psychiatrist was grossly overweight himself, and so she made a mental picture of him sitting there eating carrots.
Clients are often surprised when I sometimes reveal to them that I have therapy. We are not saints, we get things wrong in life and make mistakes. Therapy for therapists keeps us in touch with how our clients feel too.
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