Posted by joslynn on April 21, 2006, at 11:00:33
In reply to Re: AMEN!!, posted by gibber on April 20, 2006, at 20:22:01
I believe a psychiatrist is an MD, and can "do" psychotherapy, but a psychoteraphist cannot prescribe meds because they do not have the MD. In my state anyway, I think all psychiatrists can do psychotherapy as part of their practice if they so choose, but psychotherapists who have a PhD, as opposed to an MD, cannot prescribe meds ever.
On a related note, someone told me recently that a psychologist friend of hers told her that if you do want to go to a psychiatrst for both meds and psychotherapy, don't go to anyone under 40, because it was after that time that the therapy training for psychiatrists dropped down to even less than it was before.
I now go to a psychiatrist for meds about once every 6 wks and an MSW for therapy.
It seems that some otherwise excellent psychiatrists really do not seem to understand basic therapy issues about transference, projection and the perils of self-disclosure.
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