I would talk about that with your T. Maybe write her a letter. It was a harsh reaction, and kind of bizarre really.

On the degrees thing, my current T with "just" a masters is far better than my former T with a PHD. My PHD T was pretty cold too ironically. Maybe the ones getting their PHD are just into the academic stuff, whereas the ones with masters and counseling licenses wanted to hurry up and work with real people? LOL, just a thought. One final comment on this... I would bet all my money that my current T with a masters is also smarter than the PHD T.