A PSY ... WHAT ? A PSYCHOLOGIST ? A PSYCHOTHERAPIST ? A PSYCHIATRIST ?

Professional psychologist in Strasbourg and Haguenau, I accompany you and I make you discover the difference between the different professions : a psychologist, a clinical psychologist, a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist and one psychoanalyst.

THE PSYCHOLOGIST

The psychologist has a university education of 5 years, at the end of which he obtains a Master 2 the psychology. The title of "psychologist" is protected, that is, only those who have obtained a master's degree in psychology can use it.

THE CLINICIAN PSYCHOLOGIST

The clinical psychologist is trained in clinical psychology, and psychopathology. It differs from occupational psychologist (who generally works within companies) and you neuropsychologue (which assesses cognitive functioning, especially memory or language, through tests).

The clinical psychologist relies on his knowledge of the functioning of the psychic apparatus as well as the various pathologies encountered in the field of mental health, that he studied during his training and especially met during his internships and his professional experience. One of its functions is the practice of psychotherapy. He thus strives to explain and treat the disorders, uncomfortable behaviors or symptoms for a person. Among psychotherapies, his background and his experience allow him to make a choice about his way of working. It will often take him many years to refine his training., hence the need for some experience before welcoming people to a liberal cabinet.

THE PSYCHIATRIST

The psychiatrist is a doctor, specialized in psychiatry. It generally intervenes for people suffering from mental disorders requiring a medical follow-up.. So he can, unlike the psychologist, prescribe medication. Seeing a psychiatrist does not necessarily mean that you have a serious mental disorder or that he will prescribe medication. Some psychiatrists are also psychotherapists or psychoanalysts, if they have taken additional training to their medical studies.

THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST

The psychotherapist is the one who offers psychotherapy services. In France, this title has been regulated since 2010. Psychologists can make use of it by virtue of their psychology diploma., as well as psychiatrists, doctors and psychoanalysts, under certain conditions. As for the others, they have to do a training.

THE PSYCHANALYST

The psychoanalyst As for him, he is most often also a psychologist or psychiatrist, but not necessarily. There is no university training guaranteeing the title of psychoanalyst. Psychoanalysts are trained in schools which depend on their orientation of thought. They owe it to themselves to have done a psychoanalysis.

The psychoanalyst works by making the assumption that each one is determined by a knowledge which he lacks, l´inconscient. In analysis, it is thus a question of allowing the patient the unveiling of this knowledge, unknown to himself., which escapes its conscious will and which manifests itself through certain acts, in his dreams, and especially in what is repeated endlessly in his life despite his rational desire to modify it.

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