Crisis in Psychology?

[Belacqua]

Yeah, no. It's not funny. They really don't know what they're doing. They aren't helping anyone.

I think people expect some kind of mechanical model, where you go into the shop and the guy fixes you. That's obviously not possible. 

Freud, and many post-Freudians, agree with you, more or less. They don't cure you. They may help you make yourself less miserable. 

I did years of Freud-style talk therapy to work on melancholy and self-hate. I still have both of those, but I understand them, and myself, much better now. I'm glad I did the work.