Well, imagine a world where counsellors could use their position with a constant roster of vulnerable people to, for instance, tell them to go to church. It's

Well, imagine a world where counsellors could use their position with a constant roster of vulnerable people to, for instance, tell them to go to church. It's definitely potentially problematic. So psychologists have in some way developed an idea that their role is to facillitate people's mental well-being within whichever lifestyle they lead. This can be very effective for some things. For instance CBT can help you rewire your brain to work more the way you want. If you come to a counselor and say "I have anxiety with public speaking and want to get rid of it" then they have some tools that can help. But on more fundamental issues like "I live in a sick society", these tools can help you get through your day, maybe, but the actual remedy is more fundamental. This is why people need serious Liberal Arts and Humanities, but we as a society scoff at that more and more. Wonder if that has anything to do with our abject misery, hmmm.