Counsellor, Therapist, Psychologist, Psychiatrist - What’s the Difference?
If you find the many different professional titles within mental health to be confusing, be assured that the nuances are sometimes unclear even for someone in the industry. For the uninitiated, these titles are not easily delineated. In this article, I aim to explain the differences between these titles and how a patient might choose who to work with.
Free Mental Health Resources in Australia
If you are in Australia and looking to better understand / improve your mental health, there are a number of free “first-stop” resources available for a diverse range of issues and peoples. Below is a list of common resources, many of which offer shorter-term or anonymous support
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Gottlieb, 2019)
Curious what therapy is like and if it may help you? Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is a therapist’s recounting of her own and several of her patients experiences in therapy.
What Type of Therapy is Right For You?
As a therapist with a person-centred foundation (but also integrates other approaches), I would risk a cliche by suggesting that clients follow their intuition as to which type of therapy or which therapist they’d like to try working with. In practice, every therapist works quite differently, even if they advertise themselves as practising the same type of therapy. And some research suggests that how comfortable you feel with your therapist is a strong driver of ‘success’ in therapy.