My long term T was rarely clueless. The times that she was, she educated herself. She too has had extensive personal therapy, and still does intensive international training, even though she is of retirement age.

My recent short term t was pretty clueless, but still useful for what I needed her for. She seemed to be stuck in her CBT formulae mode and didn't know what to do when I rejected them. To be fair to her I need a specialist in dissociative disorders, and if a T isn't experienced with them she is not likely to be of much help to me.