There are no psychologists in China?

Psychologist is a kind of name for psychotherapists by ordinary people, but in fact, there is no so-called psychologist in China, and some professional titles are psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and psychological counselors. At the top of the professional chain is, of course, a psychiatrist, followed by a psychotherapist, and finally a counselor.

Specifically, explain to you these three titles, the similarities of these three professions, are to use psychology and professional related knowledge to help people solve psychological problems and promote the healthy development of people.

The difference is that the object of the profession is different from the way it is taken

Psychiatrists mainly serve patients with mental disorders, prescribing prescriptions for patients with physiological lesions, but due to the workload of psychiatrists themselves and the continuous study of the profession, they spend a lot of energy, so although psychiatrists can talk to patients for psychological treatment, in fact, in reality, psychiatrists still prescribe mainly.

Let's talk about psychotherapists, according to the national regulations, psychotherapists can only practice in medical institutions, can not practice alone outside, so in the society everyone looks for psychologists are psychological counselors, psychotherapists are mainly for people's psychological disorders for treatment, what is a psychological disorder is, such as phobias, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, anxiety disorders, etc., but also to cooperate with psychiatrists to mental disorder patients for psychological conversation treatment.

Finally, the psychological counselor, psychological counselor is actually the most in line with everyone's mind of the psychologist's profession, and foreign psychologists in their own studio to receive visitors, and people for psychological conversation therapy, mainly for the problem of healthy people, focusing on emotional problems, for the development of human development problems to carry out psychological conversation work, to help people develop physically and mentally healthy.

Details can be found in the following table:

Psychological counseling vs psychotherapy vs psychiatrists