No, I'm not intimidated by my therapist. I don't see him as "above me" but I do think he knows more than me, certainly about psychology, and is better adjusted. Also, don't see my T as being super rich... T's don't make a lot of money, unless they are seeing a lot of clients and or publishing stuff which is probably hard to do. In my mind I would guess he is solidly middle class, which basically means poor nowadays.

I think it's a good thing if you think your T knows more than you, actually it's kind of crucial for you to trust their advice and give any crap about what they say. But, I doubt my T remembers much from college at this point, since that was 40 years ago for him LOL .

When I looked for a T I looked for more experience vs. more education. I would highly recommend your friend does the same. Experience is a better indicator of how good someone can be at their job. Psychology is not rocket science, so your friend shouldn't be intimidated. Education is just needed so there isn't some naïve person giving bad advice on account of they don't know what they're talking about. Personally, I think my counselor knows a lot more than most psychologists with drs degrees, but that's probably just the transference talking . Oh, and mine wears jeans...

Hm, maybe your friend would do better with an older therapist? That way they see it as more of wisdom vs fancy pants education!