And if you are a Christian, it is antithetical to your foundational belief system.
It is sometimes stereotyped as “antithetical” in the church, but Christian psychotherapy is a valid variety of ministry. Pointing out some errors that it has made, can be balanced by pointing out errors that modern traditional church preachers have made: all have room to learn from one another.
“...psychotherapy. It is decidedly NOT medical, scientific, or effective. “
I have a close personal friend who is a life-long Christian Psychologist (with a Phd) who would disagree with you.
I’m curious - exactly what is antithetical to Christianity about psychotherapy (unless you’re talking about Christians seeing non-Christian therapists, then I might agree)?