Posted by emmanuel98 on October 31, 2010, at 20:07:41
In reply to Re: Feeling so depressed about stigma, posted by morgan miller on October 31, 2010, at 16:20:01
It depends on the age of the p-doc. Mine is 71 and was intensively trained in dynamic therapy by one of the gurus of therapy in Boston (now dead). Three years of residency and 40 years of doing therapy. He's the best. I got so much better seeing him every week. He prescribed meds too and it was good to have the same person do both, since he really knew me, talked to me at length regularly and could really assess how the meds were working.
> I'm surprised by this. The therapist I've dealt with and spoken to usually do not believe that psychiatrist who practice therapy are as effective for many people. One, they do not specialize in therapy, and two, they usually cannot make the same connections that really good empathetic and compassionate therapists can. For me, the ideal therapist has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, has a huge capacity for empathy, has a huge capacity for compassion, and is someone that the patient feels extremely comfortable with.
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