Whats the difference between a Psychotherapist, a Psychiatrist and a Psychologist?
Psychotherapists are trained to work in a one-to-one setting with you and your feelings. We work with you in 50-100 minute sessions. Many psychotherapists have a qualification in psychology. Others may come from a background of writing, or of teaching or social work. Generally, psychotherapists have experienced major setbacks in their own lives which they have been able to process in their own therapeutic journey. It is frequently the psychotherapists own therapeutic journey that inspires him or her to train as a therapist himself. Psychiatrists are medically-trained doctors, who have specialised in the last year of their training in the treatment of mental health problems. They are allowed to prescribe drugs. They tend to see any one patient much less frequently than do psychotherapists – although some psychiatrists do train, additionally, as psychotherapists. Psychiatrists generally work in hospital or clinic settings. Psychologists are people who have a psychology degree. They may w
