My therapist comes from a legacy of MDs of some stature in their fields. One of them has a building name after them at a university. Yeah, so, well. His background is soooooo different than mine. Although now, education wise, we are pretty much on equal footing.

It matters, but not that much in reality I think. What I think means the most is how they are in that room with you. Are they condescending to you? Do they tell you these things in order to inspire you or build themselves up?

OR are they kind and attentive and smart? Do they use that success to help you?

I hold my therapist in pretty high regard because of his obvious training, experience, and yes, even his background prepared him to be one of the best in his fields as well.

I mean, would you really want your therapist to be a loser/slacker with no interest in his/her profession at all? Not me.