The differences between a therapist, psychiatrist and psychologist

Some children might need a professional to help with anxiety, stress or other mental health challenges. Learn about the differences between a therapist, psychiatrist, and psychologist.
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[@H.M.N02]

I am 39 years old and studied agriculture science in my back home long time ago I want to go back to school and study psychology, I am doing counselling and psychotherapy course now it’s just a few months long course my goal is to become neuropsychologist. How I get there? I appreciate all your advices .

[@KoolT]

00:55 difference between Psychologist and psychiatrist

[@philochristos]

So, how do you know whether you should see a therapist, psychiatrist, or psychologist?

[@shae9168]

psychologists are for ppl who may suffer from mental disorders and don’t know if they have them, therapists are for literally therapy there isn’t much to it and psychiatrist is after seeing a psychologist u see a psychiatrist to treat mental disorders

[@babababad]

@@shae9168 psychiatrists are equally capable of diagnosis as psychologists, they just have the additional ability to prescribe medication

[@tuxievous420]

So we just learned who went to school and took the easy way out. Do something and get it right. Wait am I a sociopath now 😢

[@delanorrosey4730]

There's a reason why there's 4 professions for mental health - to get more into the profession to deal with the shortage of mental health professionals during this mental health crisis. Psychiatrist - Most educated, can prescribe medicine. The person attempts to treat patients through narcopsychiatry or improving mental health through medication. I.E. Lithium, Zoloft, etc. Psychologist - Slightly less educated than a psychiatrist. Can not prescribe drugs. This person makes determination of a patient's mental health status to determine the best course of treatment. Therapist - less educated than psychologist or psychiatrist and has more one-on-one contact with a patient. Can not prescribe drugs. Their treatment is mostly discussion based / talk therapy. Counselor - less or similarly educated as a therapist. Their job is also one-on-one contact with a patient. But instead of talk therapy, their treatment may include observation of a patient or attempting to guide the patient to a more productive or positive way of life. I.E. how to handle stress without medication. Teaching forgetful people how to remember necessary life tasks. Observation of a patient that threatens harm against self or others.

[@kaiyin3842]

1) never see a psychiatrists because they are pure evil. They misdiagnose people and lock innocent people up at psych wards for no reason. Then they force psych meds on them so they can profit off them for the rest of their lives.

[@jamesbrean8004]

Wow life is worth living

[@raxvsn]

There's a reason why there's 4 professions for mental health - to get more into the profession to deal with the shortage of mental health professionals during this mental health crisis. Psychiatrist - Most educated, can prescribe medicine. The person attempts to treat patients through narcopsychiatry or improving mental health through medication. I.E. Lithium, Zoloft, etc. Psychologist - Slightly less educated than a psychiatrist. Can not prescribe drugs. This person makes determination of a patient's mental health status to determine the best course of treatment. Therapist - less educated than psychologist or psychiatrist and has more one-on-one contact with a patient. Can not prescribe drugs. Their treatment is mostly discussion based/talk therapy. [copy pasted from a reply x]

[@tulzareads7886]

So psychologist has more demand and sellery than therapist?

[@Anony2024]

@@tulzareads7886 to be a therapist you must become a psychologist

[@joeanderson1307]

​@@Anony2024 false. therapist needs MA in counseling or social work. Psychologist typically needs a PHD in psychology (or MA but that's less useful). to the OG question , demand i can't speak for but yes salary is better for psychologist

[@Geekypedagogy]

what do you mean by slightly educated? Being a psychologist take 11 years to study. Psychologist is much more on research and talk therapy and mostly they focused on Psychological and neuropsychological test. Broader your research. How disappointing your data or much more it just your opinion

[@Geekypedagogy]

@@selfless727 why are you responding? Both profession has specialization, psychiatrist focused on prescribing, psychologist focus on test batteries specifically projective test and much more on research. Don’t argue if you don understand

[@gayeorin7036]

Thank you !!!

[@Dideno123]

It was very useful, dear colleague

[@AvuzwaKeei]

How does a Clinical Mental Health Counselor become a Counselling psychologist?

[@umairbinashraf]

Their is a huge demand of clinical psychologists

[@onlybamba3679]

i find this video very helpful because i palyed Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! thank you very much :)

[@shariecebrewster5962]

How I can be a student on silent as well

[@68fn2]

which ones better for healing borderline personality disorder and mild schizophrenia?

[@yourfuturewaifu9061]

Typically, you're going to want a psychiatrist and therapist working with you in tandem. This usually produces the best results over various diagnoses and patient populations.

[@user-ch2jl6rc2j]

Let me show you my mental health poetry that gives a line of thought Iowa on where I'd be.

[@Jean-ni6of]

How do I know who to see and how do I find them?

[@jaja_siblings]

im a psychologist you can ask for help if you want to

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

Can a counselor legally diagnose?

[@FIyingDumpling]

Sounds like you should visit a therapist first to see if you can address any behavioral issues through talk therapy. If that doesn’t work there might be some more deeper mental disorders that will need to be diagnosed by a psychologist, then possibly medicated by a psychiatrist.

[@valrieclarkejohnson8984]

Hello good day i need help for a child who i understand is very suicidal

[@Slave4chalamet]

Get in contact with a local therapist I hope you’ve received help

[@jaja_siblings]

if you want help you can ask for im a psychologist

[@jerryhansome1301]

I enjoy your videos very much and am looking for the answer to my own question . I am 65 years old and consider my self to have been successful in life . I have a 32 year old daughter whose behavior has become intolerable in the past 7 years . She confesses that she has depression but refuses to visit a counselor . I am very worried about her and feel helpless . She blames me , my Ex wife and our entourage for putting her in this situation and can not put the past behind her . She is a very sweet person but sometimes she becomes very agitated is looking for an opportunity to start her blaming game . I always believed that giving her attention and love is going to one day stop her depression but there is so much i can sacrifice without getting hurt myself . Is she a narcissist ? How can i help her ?

[@AbdulrahmanPsyD]

You should visit a psychological counselor or psychologist You will get a useful answer I wish you good luck

[@CarpeDiem-rm2vm]

(in a few months) Psychologist here - disclaimer: this isn´t advice; it´s a collection of hopefully stringend ideas. I suppose the obvious idea is to search professional help. The next idea is a reframing of what depression means - depression is a chemical inbalance in the brain that can, in most cases, not be "cured" by giving the person attention and love. What it means to be a parent needs to be your own struggle but generally I would advice attention and love to be something that is given unconditionally independently of trying to achieve or cure anything. The depression can have multifaceted reasons and while again I advice you to actually search out a professional - this can, especially in the US, be a pretty expensive endeavour. Many parents are generally not happy with the "blaming game" - which is really not a game and rather a deeply emotional discussion with your daughter - so many topics try to be pushed under the carped. Not what is or needs to be happening in your situation but it might give you an idea how daughters generally feel in such situations. Now we might step back for a moment and realize that we are part of a highly complex neurosocial network and many times what we need is to talk about our ideas. Openly. In cases like these problems don´t inherently lie with us but they might be aggravated by our presence. The neurosocial network that constructs our personality and identity might be more complex than we thought. It might be a good idea to visit a professional but don´t expect him to have the perfect answers - psychologists can only help us; we still need to find the answers ourself. Some German humor: That counseling will be 15$ please, you can pay me later.

[@AbdulrahmanPsyD]

​@@CarpeDiem-rm2vm What you say is incorrect. Depression is not due to a defect in brain chemistry. This has recently been proven incorrect in many studies Often this talk comes from psychiatrists cause they want to sell their medicines anyway 😅

[@BratushkAndrey]

We Need Just One! The Mighty Doctor!

[@yahyagannour8486]

Wrote it on a paper

[@lloydmillora6380]

same she explains it very well, I like her

[@tuxievous420]

@@lloydmillora6380 and still people are confused 😂

[@i8internet206]

Do you wanna know who the REAL psychologists are for women(free psychologists)? the loser men who can't laid. Bob's phone rings at night. Bob picks up the phone. "Hi Bob. Yeah yeah yeah .. it's me Nancy. Come over here Bob! K..? And just like the last time, park your car few blocks away in the grocery store parking lot, & walk to my house. Then come in through the back door without knocking the door (i leave the back door open for you). K..? But come in very quietly, so the neighbors won't notice you're coming in my house. Yes, you can have sex with me tonight with a condum, k..? but you have to first listen to all i have to tell you about how my big boyfriend treats me, even during the sex. K..?"

[@shariecebrewster5962]

New on there's

[@KoolT]

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[@kerrykelly6377]

I came here with one question and she didn’t help! 😳

[@American_Heart]

What question is that?

[@n.ll.8796]

The worst thing you can do to a paient is lie to them by telling them if you dont open up you will die !!!

[@AbdulrahmanPsyD]

There are treatment methods that do not require a lot of talking. In the end, you can choose the psychotherapist and psychologist with whom you feel comfortable and ask to change the treatment method if possible. If you literally do not like talking, and that hurts you a lot, you talk, but it is possible with a lot of talking to adapt. I wish you good health. And wellness at last.

[@sanjugeorge2786]

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[@terryibrahim6534]

Why bother to make distinctions based on qualifications anyone can know that this is a fact, but your opinion is explaining the difference between the occupations which I have to say you did a very poor job of doing

[@josephb4086]

Just see a biblical/pastoral christian counselor. All truth is in the bible for living a proper life and the service is free. Lots of churches offer counseling.

[@user-ch2jl6rc2j]

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