ym> You dont find alot of Orthodox veterinarians
A good point. You want to select a profession that is helping the world in some way. With all due respect to animals, being a psychologist is way more important.
Syag> who told him he needed to be true to himself
yes, this is type of advice that we need to be careful about. R Feinstein says that non-Torah psychiatrists are preferred to psychologists – they just give you pills and do not mess with the values.