I'll have to agree here. The first person to even suggest my daughter was on the autism spectrum was a counselor. She may not have had the same skill set of someone with a higher degree, but she could sense what it was and was the most helpful person I've had yet. She bent over backwards to find us information and resources to even test her. She was the first to validate what I suspected after being dismissed by 2 neurologists and a psychologist.

We've been to another psychologist who was knowledgeable in a textbook sense, but totally useless in treating her. None of his therapy was remotely helpful, and he called her "an enigma". The next psychiatrist I saw? Useless as well. Her present psychiatrist knew what to do right away and is very helpful, but I don't think it's due to her medical degree. I think it's her client population (which was the same as the previous psychologist and psychiatrist) and experience. So it really is individual a lot of the time.