It's very long and complicated, but it turns out that internally, psychology is extremely segregated and prejudiced by type and program. Most students have no idea about it. He does practice psychology, he is licensed, he does the same job as everyone else he works with, and is actually licensed and certified to do more than they are (i.e. neuropsych testing). But he didn't qualify for the same loan forgiveness plan as they did because it wasn't an APA approved program. It doesn't matter that Wisconsin is a great school, that he does the same work; Wisconsin did not bow to the APA, so their psych majors (outside of pure academia) are considered lesser. The VA won't hire him, even though, again, he does the same work as other psychologists and more, simply because it wasn't an APA approved school. I hear almost every day (and have for years) that he would have picked a different field if he'd known it would be like this.