"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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A private therapy setting is different. Usually, the psychiatrist,
working with licensed folk, provides the therapy, and the latter usually
work with family members, and family issues. But there really are no
rules on how a practice should be run, other than the legal and ethical
issues.

Each doctor may operate his practice differently, but I don't think you will
find one psychiatrist who calls himself a therapist so his patients will
feel better about talking to them. It is funny watching you squirm when you
are caught at your fabrications.

"John Smith" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

A private therapy setting is different. Usually, the psychiatrist,
working with licensed folk, provides the therapy, and the latter usually
work with family members, and family issues. But there really are no
rules on how a practice should be run, other than the legal and ethical
issues.

Each doctor may operate his practice differently, but I don't think you
will
find one psychiatrist who calls himself a therapist so his patients will
feel better about talking to them. It is funny watching you squirm when
you
are caught at your fabrications.




My Mother-in-law was Bi-polar and Of the several different psychiatrists she
had over 40 years, none ever went as a psychotherapist! They always went as
a psychiatrist and charged accordingly/

"John Smith" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

A private therapy setting is different. Usually, the psychiatrist,
working with licensed folk, provides the therapy, and the latter usually
work with family members, and family issues. But there really are no
rules on how a practice should be run, other than the legal and ethical
issues.

Each doctor may operate his practice differently, but I don't think you
will
find one psychiatrist who calls himself a therapist so his patients will
feel better about talking to them. It is funny watching you squirm when
you
are caught at your fabrications.




Jeez....you love blanket statements, don't you? Right across the hall from
me is a psychiatrist. He comes over for lunch sometimes, and he's gone
fishing with me. He sometimes calls himself and other psychiatrists
"therapists". It refers to whatever practitioner is doing the therapy,
whether it be a psychiatrist, a psychologist or a social worker. Psych
literature often uses "therapist" as a general term to cover all three
practitioners, because a client may end up seeing any of the three types.
When my ex-wife and I were looking for a marriage counselor, we asked
friends for recommendations. Among the list we came up with were all three
types of therapists.

"John Smith" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

A private therapy setting is different. Usually, the psychiatrist,
working with licensed folk, provides the therapy, and the latter usually
work with family members, and family issues. But there really are no
rules on how a practice should be run, other than the legal and ethical
issues.

Each doctor may operate his practice differently, but I don't think you
will
find one psychiatrist who calls himself a therapist so his patients will
feel better about talking to them. It is funny watching you squirm when
you
are caught at your fabrications.




Let's give you another example. A man who understands the subtle nature of
language may describe himself as a construction worker if the bulk of his
work is with commercial jobs, like office & apartment buildings. He may, in
fact, be a carpenter who specializes in fancy trim work for slick offices
that some lawyers have, but to people outside of the construction business,
"carpenter" may mean a guy who works mostly residential jobs. So, he is, in
fact, both a carpenter and construction worker, but choose to use the term
that most accurately describes the actual work he does. Get it?

Same with a psychiatrist. Many people think a psychiatrist only deals with
the craziest of the crazies, especially the ones who eventually need meds as
part of their treatment. In fact, many psychiatrists deal quite a bit with
ho-hum boring cases, just like psychologists & social workers - patients who
think their lives are a mess because they once got locked in a room with a
hornet.