An unexpected setback in my professional life caused me to consider how disability in therapists may be regarded, both by fellow-members of the psychotherapy profession and by our clients. For example, how successful can a disabled therapist be in managing an unusual body-image in a way that may be helpful to the client? And how aware are therapists who are physically ‘normal’ of their possible ambivalence, conscious or unconscious, towards physical ‘abnormality’ in others? These issues, and others pertaining to disability in therapists, have perhaps not received much reflection from the profession and it is to draw attention to them that I present this article.