Comment by giantrobot

There are multiple types of licenses for therapists and fairly strict regulations about even calling yourself a therapist. Trained therapists only have so many levers they can pull with someone so their advice can sometimes boil down to yoga or mindfulness, it's not the answer most want to give but it's what a patient's situation allows inside the framework of the rest of their life.

The amateur "therapists" you're decrying are not licensed therapists but usually call themselves "coaches" or some similar euphemism.

Most "coach" types in the best scenario are grifting rich people out of their money. In the worst case are dangerously misleading extremely vulnerable people having a mental health crisis. They have no formal training or certification.

LLM "therapists" are the functional equivalent to "coaches". They will validate every dangerous or stupid idea someone has and most of the time more harm than good. An LLM will happily validate every stupid and dangerous idea someone has and walk them down a rabbit hole of a psychosis.