Her psych training is exactly the same as an MD. She finished her degree and then did a psych residency that she competed for against DOs and MDs. Then she took board exams, also with people with both MDs and DOs.

It sounds like there is no way she should have won a residency spot but there is a shortage of applicants for pdoc programs so she probably got into a bad program. It's like the old joke, what do you call the person who graduates last in a medical school class? A: Doctor.....

I'm so sorry you have a sucky doctor. I've had some and I am very insistent on staying with my current doctors and therapist even though I do a lot of driving to see them because I trust them and i don't trust the doctors closer to me (I live in the middle of nowhere).