I so don't wanna wörk. imagine wanting to help people with their psych issues and you get put in an office doing Excel sheets because statistics.
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are you really a shrink? or a wanna-be shrink?
@KuteboiCoder I'm working on becoming a licensed psychotherapist in Germany. it's a long and difficult undertaking
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I'm curious whether the specialist who carries out therapy sessions and the one, who can prescribe drugs that aren't available over the counter, different professions in Germany too?
In Russia they are related, but different fields that require different licenses and often different degrees, things might've changed, but it used to be possible to do therapy just completing some courses taking a few years — this was barely controlled.
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But dealing with controlled substances is a different matter — the amount of bureaucracy is simply otherworldly! That's why people who have issues that can't be fixed with a few sessions often have to visit both.
@KuteboiCoder
yeah same here. psychiatrists can prescribe drugs. they are medical doctors with a special education for mental health.
psychotherapists can diagnose conditions like ADHD etc and of course do therapy according to a limited set of approved ways, e.g. CBT.