psychology up front

As usual - I have spent some thought on the efficacy and method of action of psychotherapy.

I was hanging out with my friends lately and I noticed that some of them do not really recongize psychological issues the way my colleagues and I usually do. For example, most people I know that are not employed as psychotherapists think of psychology in some type of surface-like statements:

1. It affects how you think right?
2. You recognize colors and sounds with different parts of your brain.
3. It matters if you were the baby in the family.
4. "He/she is obsessive-compulsive, bi-polar, etc."
5. And on and on.

The interesting thing is that some of these opinions/ideas actually carry a bit of accuracy in them. Psychology does affect the way we think, and the brain has complicated ways to recognize colors and sound, and the experience of being the youngest sibling is also significant.
However, what I am really curious about is the fact that feelings, internal experience, and in-depth questioning of meaning and being are not usually considered under the headers of psychology.
Is this because of the way most of us learn about psych - in a university class that requires small psych experiments, magazines like Newsweek and Time, or the news? I strongly believe this is true - most people that have had exposure to the real depth of psychodynamic psychology can appreciate many more elements of this part of human existence.

I think what I'm really curious about - how can we make this kind of exposure more widespread - how can the knowledge that psychotherapists consider the bread and butter be more well known throughout the population. And perhaps more importantly - would this actually be beneficial, and is it more relevant/pressing than other types of knowledge - religion, science, etc?

All in all - I think we have to keep on learning throughout our life, in many different subjects and settings. Deep psychology should be part of that learning.
right? =)