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What makes a psychologist an “independent psychologist“? Are they selected and paid for by someone other than the parents? We see in medical malpractice cases

What makes a psychologist an “independent psychologist“? Are they selected and paid for by someone other than the parents? We see in medical malpractice cases that there’s always two expert witnesses and their respective testimonies always line up with the interests of the side that’s paying them. Why aren’t those clinicians worried about losing their licenses? Edit: I upvoted your post, it was gray, I appreciate engagement especially from those that disagree with me.

PaulHoule 4y ago
There was a psychiatrist in my town who specialized in prescribing stimulants and benzodiazepines to hippies. One of his patients would get a scaled-up pill bottle the size of a small trash can full of Dexedrine every month, another got 3x a dose of Klonopin that would turn me into zombie. Frequently his "patients" would use only a portion of their medication and sell the rest for (often badly needed) income. I almost dropped the dime on him because one of his patients was a severely disturbed friend of mine who did not have a proper diagnosis (I'd conjecture today she had schizoaffective disorder) and I think would have benefited from a change in medication -- but we never found out because she took her own life. I'm pretty sure somebody else dropped the dime on him.