If it's because their true calling doesn't make enough income, then I would have a problem because I don't think they make a ton of money as therapists (judging by the state of disrepair some of their offices have been in that I've seen). I think the real money in mental health is in the prescribers, so if I ran into a new therapist whose preferred (other) career was flagging, I'd suggesting becoming a nurse practitioner and avoid the pdoc schooling. I think it takes a lot more work to look interested in people than it does to write scripts.

BUT, if they just had a counseling practice as a second job because they liked the combination of careers, then I would not mind.