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        Service Providers to individuals

                When most people hear the term psychologist, they first think of clinical psychologists, who constitute one type of psychotherapist, specialists in helping people with psychological problems. The therapist itself has no precise meaning and in many places even untrained, unlicensed people can hang out a shingle and call themselves therapists. 4 of the main kinds of service providers for mentally troubled people are clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counseling psychologists.

Clinical Psychology

Clinical psychologists have an advanced degree (most have a PhD. – Doctorial Degree) in psychology, with a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problem.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances. To become a psychiatrist, a student first earns an MD degree and then takes an additional 4 years of residency training in psychiatry. Psychiatrists and clinical psychologists provide similar services for most clients: They listen, ask questions, and try to help. Psychiatrists, however, are medical doctors and can therefore prescribe drugs, such as tranquilizers and antidepressants, whereas psychologists cannot.

Some Other Therapy Providers

Psychoanalysts

They are psychotherapists who rely heavily on the theories and methods pioneered by the early 20th-century Viennese physician Sigmund Freud and later developed by a number of others. Freud and his followers attempted to infer the hidden, unconscious, symbolic meaning behind people’s words and actions, and in various ways psychoanalysis today continue that effort. There is some question about who may rightly call themselves psychoanalysts.

Counseling psychologists

They help people with educational, vocational, marriage, health-related, and other decisions. A counseling psychologist has a doctorate degree (PhD, PsyD, or EdD) with supervised experience in counseling. The activities of a counseling psychologist overlap those of a clinical psychologist, but with a different emphasis. Whereas a clinical psychologist deals mostly with anxiety, depression, and other emotional distress, a counseling psychologist deals mostly with important life decisions and family or career readjustments, which, admittedly, can cause anxiety or depression.