How does therapy actually work, how do you find a good one, and what’s the difference between counseling/therapy/psychiatrists/psychologists/etc.?
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Really simply, psychiatrists can prescribe medication and conduct therapy. Many choose to do brief sessions focused on medication and maintenance. Counselors and psychologists both conduct therapy but cannot prescribe. Counselors tend to get more training surrounding conducting therapy, but little on testing and research. Psychologists (PhD) are trained more heavily and conduct more testing and research than counselors. A psyD psychologist will likely have more therapy training than their phd cohorts but less research. Finding a good one is very specific to you. A different tool for every job. For instance, an individual who has strong insight and meta cognitive Skills could greatly benefit from straight forward CBT or ACT, whereas someone with more difficulty in this area might benefit more from say DBT or talk therapy. Even those examples are not catch all’s as every Person is different.
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