I prefer older therapists even ones around my age. I had a young one here when i moved and I didn't find her helpful at all. She had no feedback. She didn't have the experience. I felt her empathy was fake. I couldn't work with her and am doing alright without therapy now so I don't see her anymore. She was nice enough. I felt like at least she could earn her money instead of sitting there like a lump. I can talk to my cat if I want someone to just sit there. At my age it is most likely that therapists will most likely be my age. I am in my middle 50s now. Many of the therapists I had over the years were older except this one and the who I had before I moved who was only two years younger than me. This last one was about 20 or 25 years younger than me.