Posted by wishingstar on January 7, 2007, at 9:41:47
In reply to Therapy with a psychiatrist, posted by cubic_me on January 7, 2007, at 6:24:03
I had therapy with a psychiatrist for about a year as a teenager and didnt like it at all. She really had no skills to speak of and wasnt very supportive or understand. But shes probably not representative of all psychiatrics.
I think there's probably more variance within the field of psychaitrists doing therapy maybe than within other therapists, not in terms of technique but in terms of comfort with it, skill level, etc. I'm sure there are some who are wonderful, but then there are some like mine. My understanding is that here in the states, pdocs go through the regular medical school sequence and just choose to specialize in psychiatrty, and most do not receive much (if any) training in counseling techniques or any of that. Of course some pursue it, but not all I'm sure. I dont know if that is the same where you live though.
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