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I don't see that. If a good one, they'll be more intuitive. Psychiatrists IMO are more logical, as that is a hard science where psychology is not, it's a soft science. So IMO it attracts more people who think abstractly, while psychiatry would attract those who think more concretely.
If you find you don't really connect with one, try another. I've gone to a few over the years that I never went back to after the first visit.
It's a symbiotic (shared) relationship,you pay a psychologist to assist you hopefully with some level of intuitive insight of their own,wisdom,learning and emotional response.
I'm saying a lot of psychologists only seem to bother with the learning.
I'm finding they have the logic to apply to problems having studied for years,but lack intuition,emotion,wisdom of experience to really help people.
Though I guess they spend so much time talking to people about their problems they acquire a certain amount of wisdom.
A psychologist is someone who completed a curriculum in college, filed a thesis and a dissertation and survived a couple of oral exams. There's no guarantee of any amount of understanding, intuition or compassion, to set them apart from other people. They have to face nothing at all, like going through medical school and becoming psychiatrists.
If they turn out to be good at this job, they may develop a successful career and provide an important service. Those who aren't good at it, may settle into staff positions as "company psychologists" or "school-district psychologists" and hopefully do no harm in undistinguished careers.
What a successful and helpful psychologist/therapist needs MOST is empathy. Given a successful understanding of one's patient, and a strong enough connection with them, that empathy should lead to intuition. Intuition cannot necessarily be taught; I've met many colleagues who lacked intuition....
A psychologist is someone who completed a curriculum in college, filed a thesis and a dissertation and survived a couple of oral exams.
And is also skilled and trained in certain types of therapy, like Cognitive Processing (CPT), or Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
As the old joke goes, "How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? It only takes one, but the light-bulb has to want to change."
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