What's the difference between a counselor and a psychiatrist?

At present, it is generally believed that psychologists are psychiatrists in hospitals or jingwei centers and should be qualified as national medical practitioners. Their main functions are to collect patients' information and data, eliminate organic diseases, evaluate and diagnose them through formal or informal means, prescribe prescriptions according to patients' physical and psychological conditions, and give necessary guidance to patients during follow-up. As can be seen from the above, the doctor's main duty is to diagnose and prescribe drugs, and control the symptoms of the body through medication.

Psychologists abroad have the qualifications of both doctors and counselors, and can work in medical units or engage in consulting work. Psychotherapists imported from China are equivalent to psychologists. Strictly speaking, medication is the responsibility of psychiatrists. Psychological counselors have different professional backgrounds and have no right to prescribe. They can engage in psychological counseling and psychotherapy within the permitted scope, but mental illness should be referred to a psychiatrist first.

Psychological counselors should have the qualification of national psychological counselors, and their working institutions are related psychological counseling centers. Their main functions are to collect visitors' information and materials, evaluate and measure them by formal or informal means, determine the theme of consultation and treatment, and help visitors out of trouble by accompanying and using psychological and technical means. As can be seen from the above, the main duties of psychological counselors are counseling and psychotherapy.

They have different qualifications, different functions, different working places and environments, but they have very important relations. The former pays attention to the body while the latter pays attention to the spirit. It should be noted that doctors can also obtain the qualification of psychological counselors at the same time, and more psychological counselors abroad have medical backgrounds. Psychological counseling has just started in China, and more people don't know much about it. Being mistaken for chatting is actually a big mistake. Admittedly, more and more people join the group of psychological counselors, and their level is uneven, which will inevitably have a negative impact.

You have to pay the registration fee and medicine fee to see a psychiatrist.

Psychological counseling is charged by the hour, ranging from one hundred to two thousand hours at present, which is related to regional differences, qualifications and popularity.

There are many methods of psychotherapy, just like the genre of martial arts novels, such as psychoanalysis, gestalt, cognitive behavior, hypnosis, family arrangement, family structure, image dialogue, Morita, music, painting, dance, body, voice and so on.

Although doctors and psychological counselors will argue about differences in treatment tendency and function, there are several common senses that need not be doubted: human body and mind are integrated, and physical and mental diseases are not simple physical obstacles; In addition, what serious mental illness needs most is not psychotherapy, nor is it the ability and responsibility of psychological counselors. First of all, medication should be involved.