The field of human study called psychology is at times helpful and sometimes has benefited from scientific methods. However, it is one of those areas which can be abused by men either unintentionally or intentionally, like religion. As a group of humans psychologists become highly specialized in their knowledge, that knowledge becomes less attainable by the common man who does not, or can not, spend the time to gain the knowledge. As a specialized group psychologists get to define standards and methods of what is, and what is not, acceptable in their field and what is acceptable, in their opinion, for mankind. This is one of those areas where we must be vigilant to know what God says about the nature of mankind so we can judge if a given psychologist is helpful, or dangerous.
This is not to say Psychology is devious or evil. But we can also realize mankind got along for thousands of years without it. One the ways it can become troublesome is that it is (like many academic studies) self promoting. As a field of study it is promoted by its own (other psychologists) and may try to exclude anyone else from providing help because others are not psychologists and therefore unqualified. It may assume qualified people must have attended only recognized schools, and recognized courses of study. Some may make the assumption that humans always need help. It can make the assumption that the subject to be helped will not be able to function without the help. It may denigrate any other kinds of help. It may oppose other means of obtaining help. It may uphold only the types of support groups psychologists recognize. There is a danger of promoting a cycle of constantly studying a subject and never finding a cure.
Negatively it may foster a group of people who attempt to profit from every unfortunate situation. They could seek to actively prevent any other kind of help. They might use earthquakes, wars, divorce, alcohol as reasons people need to have psychological help. They might seek to develop an income stream by becoming professional witnesses. Some might try to do away with the "inconvenient" notion of GOD because God establishes ethical and moral standards outside of their definition. They may actually promote sin to prolong treatment.
A few of us may find we need the help of a psychologist. An honest professional with that type of training and experience may prove a help that no other human has provided. But I suspect most would not need this type of help if we simply read the Bible and were connected to family and church.
