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While undeniably psychology as a field is got some gigantic lingering issues, like one of the worse reproducibility crisis for published papers and the fact they somehow accept outdated ideas (like Freudian psychoanalysis) as just a valid "parallel approach" which does indeed make patients at risk of just throwing money away, there are evidence based therapy options and, for several disorders, therapy is actually the gold standard for treatment.
Some have no pharmacological option, and some have drugs that seem to only work reliably when accompanied by therapy. This doesn't change the valid criticism the field deserves, but we can't write off therapy as a whole.
The problem is that "therapy" is so incredibly broad and most unprotected.
My cat definitely isn't a psychiatrist, but as of 12 seconds ago she is a fully licensed therapist. Kindly fork over 8000 bucks in exchange for her bumping her forehead against your shin.