When I was in the psychological community, I could not understand why go to a psychologist, a therapist and a psychiatrist seemed to fall only for help or illness.
Frankly, the psychiatrists I was particularly frightened. And if I learned that my friend needs psychiatric help, the first reaction was to pull away from him. I was scared. And I didn't know what to do in such cases.
I realize Now that it was the lack of education. Currently my views on these professionals completely overturned. They were real and not contrived. For me, there was a revaluation. And I am grateful to my practical education for it.
So what kind of "animals" - these psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists?
As many words with the root "psycho". In our country related to these words there is a negative and now we are reaping these fruits. When I heard the word "psychology" - this automatically includes the hasty reaction, though we're talking about crazy - people unhealthy and even crazy. Sad.
Start to communicate with someone - and then on any version of the spoken word there is "protection" in the form of derision or depreciation. This word is frightening and repulsive, and this is terrible to say, like it will stick forever.
And many people discreditied occupation: posing as a psychologist, put unfamiliar people in social networks diagnoses and trying to give advice, "treat".
But in fact the meaning of the word "psycho" is the "soul". And psychology is the science of the soul. Isn't that beautiful?
of Course, psychology deals with human psyche: is the set of various processes occurring in consciousness, in the unconscious.
All of the above in the header of the specialists are faced with the mental processes of the person (your client), but they act differently.
How to understand, to what expert to address?
the Psychologist advises short-term, situational. Most often these are requests about personal relationships with other people: children, spouses, bosses, relatives, etc. the Query will be: "My child doesn't listen to me, damaged and fussy. What should I do with him? Change it sometime" or "my Husband wants nothing. Lying on the couch all day. With children and housework is not helping. Make sure that he has changed."
a Request to the psychologist for a consultation or several meetings to solve possible difficult situations, not giving the rest to the client. In this case, the psychologist helps to understand the situation and realize what is happening, make the decision and understand how to act in the future.
the Therapist works in the long term. Its work is aimed at modifying the client to rebuild his personality. But the client request then it sounds a little differently: "something about the relationship with the child I do that he starts to be capricious, vrednichat and stops to listen to me. Want to figure out how to change this" or "In a relationship with a man I feel insecure and behave in such a way that he sees that I need help."
In this case, the client understands that contributing to an established relationship and take their share of responsibility. And ready to change himself in the process of therapy.
Psychotherapists are of two types: a): clinical and non-clinical. Clinical - doctors, who have the right to help clients with medication, but work with mentally healthy people, and also with boundary conditions. Not clinical - it is psychologists that have passed additional training in the specific field of psychotherapy: psychoanalysis transactional analysis Gestalt therapy, existential approach, etc. And work with healthy people.
a Psychiatrist is a doctor that works with mental changes, when the client (patient) there is another reality in which he lives. A psychiatrist helps a medical. In some cases he is addressed by healthy people to aid in a specific period of time to bring resynchronizing psyche in a stable condition. With severe trauma or stress, any person may request the help of a psychiatrist - there is nothing indecent, that's fine. Often psychiatrists are also psychotherapists and can help you comprehensively. Specialists can work in tandem. This practice of combining started to be formed recently, however, has the understanding and cooperation of the specialists among themselves. Quite common work in pair: a therapist+psychiatrist with the division of powers.
For some people will be great support to recognize their own need for psychiatric help or the help of a therapist (psychologist). And they will be grateful for your participation in their lives and the stability of their assistant.
currently, I have colleagues-psychotherapists (psychologists) whom I trust and know them as professionals. To them I can direct those of his friends who can't do it for ethical reasons. And, of course,now I have professional psychiatrists whom I send, if necessary, their clients for consultations.
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