I would have a fear of a psychiatrist that did act like a machine...that would undermine my confidence in his ability to help me...people seeing a psychiatrist will tell him very intimate things, and trust that he understands why you are telling him the things you are, and trust that he can help you work through problems...I would trust another caring human being to help me, not sure that I would trust a machine, or a person acting like a machine, to help me...
Sorry about the lip flapper remark...I have been known to quite a 'lip flapper' myself...
It's quite alright. You were not far off the mark, if at all.