My experience tends to confirm this. I have had two personal therapists, one was of the "Why do _you_ think you feel that way?" ilk with some kind of counselin

My experience tends to confirm this. I have had two personal therapists, one was of the "Why do _you_ think you feel that way?" ilk with some kind of counseling certification, and the other was an evidence-based practitioner with a PsyD. The former didn't help me at all and the latter changed my life. My wife and I saw two couples therapists. One was, again, a guy with some kind of certificate that did things like literally pulling the Good Will Hunting "It's not your fault. It's not your fault." hand-on-knee line as well as outright verbally attacking my wife. The other was a PsyD who made more progress with us in three sessions than almost a year of sessions with the other. The crux of it all, in my estimation, is that you get what you pay for. A PsyD having a doctorate can command hundreds per hour which puts them out of range for many people.