[brivette]

"The psychologist is not part of the educational team," the archbishop said."

Amen to that.

[livius]

A seminarian has no obligation to undergo psychological testing or counseling

This has been one of the tactics used to keep conservative men out of US seminaries. Send 'em to a shrink, who decides that they have a personality disorder.

Personally, I think the psychologization of the Church has been one of the biggest problems in the US church. The Church is viewed by many of its members and clergy as a sort of therapeutic organization, and even within that, the principles of that "therapy" are not those of Christ, but those of Freud and the APA.