if you will be a therapist, please, be a good one. I have a special hatred for incompetent therapist, because I also believe that therapy often can be so helpful – and I personally saw a couple (a relative) almost get divorced because of a female marriage counselor who quickly became a female ally. They separated (!) and finally figured out that the counselor had gotten them that far. They threw her overboard and saved the ship (different shrink, far better – and a happy ending). They didn’t even need to cast a goral.
Confused by the attitude towards therapy? It has always been this way – in the secular world as well. And as I said, there are so many bad therapists, who either discovered problems or nod their head for a three years worth of therapy (‘and how did that make you feel? ahha? It’s because of your mother…’) and often , people go to therapists with a “fix me” attitude which stops them from actually with their own issues.
Though there are many excellent professionals who do excellent work. I have seem a lot of professionals up close, and I have never seen a masters level professional get anything done; it seems like real work requires a doctorate. But that too, it my own limited experience.