WOW so many responses! Thank you ((((everyone))))) for sharing your thoughts! I have a few thoughts:

1. My T is a PhD.

2. Letters after the name don't mean anything (however I picked my T because of her letters).

3. When someone has MD, PhD etc... after their name it implies that they have went through the education but does not mean they are necessarily excellent at their discipline/craft however I would bet that there are more good than bad Drs. out there and a few that are really, really, excellent. Just as there are more good vs. bad MSW's etc....

4. My asking the question I think is about me wishing I had more of a connection with my T to help 'cure me'. In the outpatient program there were a few T's that really got me and were excellent. I wish one of them had an individual practice. I think on some level my T doesn't 'get it' but she 'gets me' in so many other ways.

5. On the subject of experience of abuse... I think a client can sometimes feel real empathy from a T with the said experience vs. a T without said experience. If a client is seeking empathy that can be a good thing (not saying a T should disclose their own personal experience I just think it can make a difference in a good way).