Why Therapy Works: Using Our Minds to Change Our Brains (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology Book 0)

by Louis Cozolino

In order for therapists to become guides, they need to be familiar with their own shadows, which allows them to identify, approach, and confront their clients’ inner demons. Like shamans, therapists have to have a clear vision so that their client can come to believe that they see something real that they can share in.

Excellent description of why therapists also must be comfortable with their own inner demons in order to truly help others.