History Main / TherapistInTherapy

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a non-canon story by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Marcos Martin's non-canon story "Identity Crisis" (not to be confused with the in-canon 616 story of the same name) printed as a backup ''Spidey Sunday Stories'' where Spider-Man goes to a psychologist Dr. Gray Madder (a pun on gray matter) and talking to him about his identity issues, which involve the constant changes and endless retcons to his supporting cast and rogues, such as his Aunt May being alive and dead, his marriage to MJ being retconned in and out, her being pregnant and not, Green Goblin dying and coming back, lampshading the bizarre changes to Spider-Man continuity that actually [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/HfuEa1RFqgP_nHpxTN9RUm1KUj2b1nYENXek_G1pKDXuxiqhY752bcWhqIwILbLIV92F9_RXpUlB=s1600 drives Dr. Gray Madder nuts and has him going to a shrink.]]

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Played with in that none of the characters are practicing psychiatrists. Jack advises Liz to see a therapist and she goes to Kenneth, a page, and talks to him about her problem with trusting men. She assumes Kenneth will be fine dealing with her emotional baggage, only for it to invoke some of his own repressed traumas and Jack volunteers to be his therapist as he believes he can crush the issues in his 'mind vice'. This in turn unearths Jack's DaddyIssues.

->'''Scott:''' You don't know what it's like to go to therapy!\\

'''Scott:''' You're a therapist! Where do you go to therapy?\\

'''Gerry Attricks:''' Hey, I got a life outside of this job! I go to therapy twice a week!\\

'''Gerry Attricks:''' The mirror.

* Discussed in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': When the subject comes up of Grace possibly choosing this career, Grace mentions that if she became a therapist, she would probably need to see one herself, which she's leery of for some reason.

'''Therapist:''' Hey, I got a life outside of this job! I go to therapy twice a week!\\

'''Therapist:''' The mirror.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "PC Principal: Final Justice". Mr. Mackey is revealed to be the one who got Principal Victoria fired because he was tired of always being bossed around by her. When she asks why he didn't just talk to her about it, he claims that nobody ever listens and that they all just expect him to listen to their problems. Gerald then professes that maybe everyone should have realized that sometimes even a counselor needs counseling.

* ''Film/{{Prime}}'': Lisa (played by Creator/MerylStreep) sees a therapist frequently. She expresses various emotions about her son dating one of her patients.

While the idea of a person seeing a therapist has been gradually embraced in society, the concept of a therapist seeing a therapist is somewhat unusual. This isn't to say that therapists shouldn't be seeing therapists, but much like a chef going to another restaurant, the idea of a professional seeing another professional in their own field is actually quite fascinating. However, this is, needless to say, TruthInTelevision. Therapists are [[HumansAreFlawed as human as their patients]] and need mental health care as much as a dentist needs dental care. In fact, most therapists report having been in therapy themselves.

-->--''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz''

While the idea of a person seeing a therapist has been gradually embraced in society, the concept of a therapist seeing a therapist is somewhat unusual. This isn't to say that therapists shouldn't be seeing therapists, but much like a chef going to another restaurant, the idea of a professional seeing another professional in their own field is actually quite fascinating. However, this is, needless to say, TruthInTelevision. Therapists are [[HumansAreFlawed as human as their patients]] and need mental health as much as a dentist needs dental care. In fact, most therapists report having been in therapy themselves.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' had a non-canon story by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Marcos Martin's non-canon story "Identity Crisis" (not to be confused with the in-canon 616 story of the same name) printed as a backup ''Spidey Sunday Stories'' where Spider-Man goes to a psychologist Dr. Gray Madder (a pun on gray matter) and talking to him about his identity issues, which involve the constant changes and endless retcons to his supporting cast and rogues, such as his Aunt May being alive and dead, his marriage to MJ being retconned in and out, her being pregnant and not, Green Goblin dying and coming back, lampshading the bizarre changes to Spider-Man continuity that actually drives Dr. Gray Madder nuts and has him going to a shrink.\

While the idea of a person seeing a therapist has been gradually embraced in society, the concept of a therapist seeing a therapist is somewhat unusual. This isn't to say that therapists shouldn't be seeing therapists, but much like a chef going to another restaurant, the idea of a professional seeing another professional in their own field is actually quite fascinating. However, this is, needless to say, TruthInTelevision. Therapists need mental health as much as a dentist needs dental care. In fact, most therapists report having been in therapy themselves.

** The second installment, reviewing ''VideoGame/MarioTennis: UltraSmash'', opens with the therapist giving himself a pep talk in front of his mirror.

-->'''Scott:''' You don't know what it's like to go to therapy!
-->'''Therapist:''' Hey, I got a life outside of this job! I go to therapy twice a week!
-->'''Scott:''' You're a therapist! Where do you go to therapy?
-->'''Therapist:''' The mirror.

* Parodied in the ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' review of ''VideoGame/MarioTennisUltraSmash'', in which Scott's therapist assures Scott that the therapist knows what it's like to go to therapy, as ''he'' goes to therapy twice a week. Scott asks where a therapist goes to therapy, and his therapist says, "The mirror." This becomes a BrickJoke later when the therapist screams into his mirror about how annoyed he is with Scott.
** In the finale of the Dark age of Nintendo miniseries ''Videogame/ChibiRoboZiplash'', the Therapist is forced to get therapy from Scott, [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext who decided to repress everything after playing Ziplash and become a therapist]], because his mirror is in the shop.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "PC Principal: Final Justice". Mr. Mackey is revealed to be the one who got Principal Victoria fired because he was tired of always being bossed around by her. When she asks why he didn't just talk to her about it, he claims that nobody ever listens and that they all just expect him to listen to their problems. Gerald then professes that maybe everyone should have realized that sometimes even a counselor needs counselling.

* One of the requirements for a would-be psychoanalyst is to have undergone a psychoanalytic cure himself, called "training analysis."

* ''Webcomic/Level30Psychiatry'': Dr. Gardevoir, being the only qualified Psychiatrist in a world of video game characters, attempts to give herself therapy but in doing so manifests a split personality glasses wearing version of herself who shows up at inopportune times to try and help her work through her problems.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Played for laughs in the short WesternAnimation/PunchTrunk, where a therapist is listening to a patient and taking notes, before the five-inch elephant that is the star of the short wanders onto his desk, and drinks his water. The therapist then assumes he?s going a bit bonkers, and promptly swaps places with the patient, placing himself on his FreudianCouch and talking about his life in the same manner as the patient was before then.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "Yokel Chords", Bart traumatizes the students of Springfield Elementary (and some staff members, including the school therapist) with a story about a murderous cafeteria cook, Dark Stanley. He is sent to see a professional therapist as a result, and they connected easily. After Bart's final therapy session, his therapist began to miss him and obsess over him, and talks about this to her own therapist, who theorizes she sees Bart as a replacement for her own son, who was [[RealAfterAll murdered by Dark Stanley.]]

* Religious equivalent: priests also have to undergo the sacrament of penance, and they cannot do it themselves. Even UsefulNotes/ThePope has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_of_the_Papal_Household his own confessor]].