hello. i feel that many healers have been themselves wounded. i agree that healers are first of all empaths and that are capable of seeing souls.
i believe anybody who has experienced serious wounding can become a healer if h/she manages to turn the negative hate energy into love.
i am a very strong empath but have not trained my healing abilities. nonetheless, people, sick people, seek me out and report feeling better in my presence. i literally FEEL their pain. i would like to work on it.
as an empath, you will INSTANTLY recognize another one. it is a very intense straight forward immediate recognition.