need a license? do you need to go to school to be a psychotherapist? I heard there was no training to be either a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psycolagyst, I cant remember whitch one. anyone ever heard of this?
2006-08-11 06:15:28 · 5 answers · asked by god 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Psychotherapist is just a generic term for someone who engages in "talk therapy." It is a catch all for a number of types of people with varying credentials. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor first, then specializes in mental illness. Only a psychiatrist can prescribe medicine for mental illness. A psychologist typically has a Ph.D and licensure.
2006-08-11 06:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they need a license, and they also need about 4-6 years of hard training in colleges. Psychiatrist have an MD thats about the highest form of the three your discribing because they gey paid lots more because they go to school for 6-8 or 9 years because they can perscibe medications to there patients while psycolagyst can not. psycolgyst only have a Ph.D they all deal with talk therepy and or hypnossis. (
2006-08-11 13:21:02
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You need to get a degree. Bachelor of Science - major in Psychology.
-then take the Board Exam... if you pass,,then you get the license to be one of the family...
2006-08-11 13:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by kwing-kwang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they deal with crazy people that twitch
2006-08-11 13:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by mzlana85 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, my dear God, are you serious?
2006-08-11 13:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by deedleydee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋