Hmm, interesting point. Without going into boring detail, there is no requirement that a therapist has a doctorate, but to be eligible for the psychotherapy programme at university, the applicant must already have a profession which requires an academic degree, and in some cases a doctorate, so most psychotherapists have some kind of academic background. But having a doctorate doesn't make a person any less likely to display a caring attitude in their professional life. Maybe it does, though. I'll have to think about this, and see if I can find any reading on the subject.