What’s the difference between a Psychiatrist, Therapist, and Psychologist?
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a medical doctor. Psychiatrists can prescribe medications to address depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and many additional conditions. Psychiatrists also can provide psychotherapy. Although trained in providing psychotherapy, most psychiatrists and prescribers rarely provide a significant amount of time administering traditional psychotherapy presently. Many famous pioneers of psychology such as Sigmund Freud, Aaron T. Beck, Carl Jung, and Alfred Adler were all psychiatrists.
Therapist
A therapist is a generic term that can be assigned to anyone that provides psychotherapy or counseling. Generally speaking most therapists have at least achieved their Master’s degree in a field that includes Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, Art/Music/Movement Therapy. To become a therapist varies. Therapists can be found in all kinds of backgrounds to include private settings, community healthcare, and hospitals. In order to administer services privately, most states require that therapist be licensed in their home state.
Psychologist
A psychologist has their doctoral training in being a therapist and more. On average, most psychologists spend appropriately 5-6 years of supervised training in providing psychotherapy. Psychologists are not only trained in providing psychotherapy, but they are also trained in administering personality testing, cognitive testing, IQ testing, and so much more. Psychologists may utilize assessments to help guide treatment decisions and they often have a ...
Why take your journey related to your mental health with Dr. Harold?
As a practice we have been around for over four years. One of the reasons the practice was started was to help people that struggle to get connected to high-quality mental health services. We offer these services at a time that is accessible and it doesn’t usually interfere with a traditional work schedule.
Some of our clients have come in with short-term goals and they are able to successfully move through their therapeutic needs anywhere from 4-20 sessions. Other clients have been with Reincarnated Therapy Services since its inception.
From our clients we have heard a range of compliments to include:
“You’re the best therapist I have come across.”
“These sessions have helped me find better clarity in my life.”
“The techniques I learned really helped me to better manage my anxiety/depression.”
“I have been through multiple therapists in the past and after these sessions, I have felt better than I have felt for years.”