Is it normal i think psychologists are like lawyers?

My education was in psychology and though I never practiced, I've used what I learned in dealing with employees my whole life.
I believe however, that most clinical psychology is much like witchcraft or religion, based on belief rather than the practice.
Anyone who chooses not to be depressed, for instance, has no need of a psychologist or psychiatrist, but there is nothing any one of those doctors can do if the patient doesn't really want things to change.
It sounds very simplistic, but it is only the person who can, in fact, do the changing. Nobody can force another person to change.

An the idea that psychologists are patently like lawyers is also inaccurate. A lawyer is an advocate on behalf of a client because law is such a complex and confusing thing. A psychologist is someone who works with a patient to help them deal with their personal problems.

People need to take responsibility for their own mental care. If you start seeing a psychologist, you should ask about their methods. Most will plan to space out your treatments at worst (if your situation is one that requires long term management) or at best, phase out treatment. Either way, they should be teaching you self management techniques as their goal is to make you as self reliant as possible.

It's the patient's responsibility to change psychologist if they feel this isn't the common goal.

I study psychology and you're misinformed. Psychology is about many things, it's not just the pop culture idea of a bearded man stroking his beard whilst talking to a patient on a couch. psychologists do usually want to help. That's why they spend so much money and time to become researchers or counselors and so on.

You said that some shrinks want to keep you sick. But why would they? If they didn't help treat people they would be investigated. it's simply a rule of our economic system that if a service rendered doesn't do what it is advertised to do, people will not use it in the future.

There is a wealth of evidence to suggest the usefulness of psychology in treating people for this like mental illness, and to suggest otherwise strikes me as wrong.

Honestly I could not imagine a reason why someone would put so much time and effort into something like this unless they really cared about it. They have to listen to people talk about their problems all day, they went to school for many years, and other such things. Some may be corrupt but I think it's more likely that you are just being paranoid. It's the same with everything in business, there are always corrupt people.