If you are REALLY FEARFUL, then ask the boyfriend what sort of degree the T has and find out what board governs the activities of the T. Say, in California there is the Board of Psychology that governs the activities of PhD and PsyD psychologists and a completely different board that governs the activities of MFTs and LCSWs, and the Medical Board that regulates p-docs.

Then, contact the board with the question, preferably via an email to have a written record.

That would take considerably more time than asking the T directly because boards are, as a rule, understaffed.