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Psychology has had countless contributions in the real world, munchen. Corporations, for one, use psychological measures to hire employees as well as organize internal programs based upon psychological research. IQ tests are used in the diagnosis of mental retardation and learning disabilities in schools. Psychological research is used all the time for the treatment of mental disorders. Of course psychology doesn't work all the time, but neither does medicine.
This brings me to a point you made, shakran. Psychiatrists do focus on medicine and biological causes of mental illness. This would indeed be a "weakness" of the profession if taken in an isolationist context. By the same token, psychology could be seen to have a weakness by not addressing the biological or medical side of things enough. However, in today's mental health treatment, psychiatrists and psychologists work together to attack mental illness from both viewpoints as they are needed. Well, this is the ideal situation, anyway. Insurance companies intrude here but we won't get to that here.
A quick clarification here - you are right in that you don't need a license to be a "therapist." However if you want to be a therapist and advertise psychological services, you must have a license and a Ph.D (a master's in some states). So, if you want the real goods, make sure the therapist talks about offering psychological services, as only licensed psychologists can legally offer these services.
Oh, and zfleebin, will you marry me? Unless you are a dude, that would be illegal in most places. And I am not gay anyway, unfortunately.
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