> there's broad agreement that people with more life experience are often better placed to offer help. Broad agreement among whom? As with MDs, I would expect

> there's broad agreement that people with more life experience are often better placed to offer help. Broad agreement among whom? As with MDs, I would expect several complex trade-offs. Particularly between the value of medical (and life) experience against the value of being trained with the current science and treatment methods. For therapists I would also expect more significant trade-offs due to the difficulty of building strong therapeutic relationships across large age differences for some patients. Are you aware of any studies on the issue?