My T has a PhD. I didn't really choose him because of his degree, but more that his Psychology Today profile and website just sort of spoke to me. Ex-T is LCSW and marriage counselor is PhD. Yet they all had very different styles of conducting therapy.

I think someone on this board (different thread obviously) said they didn't want to see any more PhDs, because they're just interested in diagnoses, or something like that. Which hasn't been my experience at all with the two PhD T's I've seen--actually, MC was against putting specific labels on the mental illnesses/conditions I have. And current T talks about what's going on with me, but doesn't seem hung up on diagnoses. Like, he might say I probably do a certain thing because of OCD or anxiety, but mostly it seems he wants to understand why I act or feel a certain way, rather than putting labels on it, if that makes sense.