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Heavy Cope
partial_cope, partial_acknowledgment
Studies human behaviour and mental processes. AI therapy bots and diagnostic tools are entering clinical practice.
Clinical psychology has real lag defences: licensing, therapeutic relationship, physical presence. But the pipeline -- undergraduate psych → master's → clinical hours → licensure -- produces far more graduates than clinical positions. AI therapy (Woebot, Wysa) handles mild-moderate cases. The degree's problem isn't AI replacing therapists; it's AI replacing the adjacent jobs (HR, UX research) that absorb the overflow.