I believe there are, as JonB put it, incompetent practitioneres in every field. Be that as it may, I have a question.
Have you had the experience of working with a clinical psychologist and at another time with a csw, and can you describe the difference in experience, if there was.
Recently, I have met with four different therapists, all csw/msw's, (I'm looking for a t for my dd), and I have been so disappointed in the quality of their work.
Lest you accuse me of being overly "picky", I will give you an example or two.
One of them seems to believe, and strongly so, that OCD is a predominantly "religiously-Jewish" prevalence. (Insert face with two bulging eyes...) When I asked her to explain that, PLEASE, she said that in Judiasm things are black and white , and so the person afflicted with OCD has to whatever, I can't even remember the stupid explanation. And she continued by saying that in the world at large things are grey, so there is not much of an issue for someone with ocd. Whatever... It is so absolutely senseless I shall not even waste my breath getting angry at this stupidity. What she learned in college, I have yet to find out......
Another one claimed that the meds didn't work for my depression because I didn't WANT them to work...(You may have read about that in my previous post, entitled 'incompetent therapist')
Another one claimed that I was running away from my problems (wrote about it in previous post).

I am SICK AND TIRED of people who have nice certificates and diplomas hanging on their walls and they think they really are qualified to provide good help!

Of the three psychologists I have come across over the past few years, one was imho imcompetent, and the other two were simply good. I don't know whether their training was the factor or their brains. I have yet to find out.

So my question is borne out of curiousity: have you noticed any difference in quality of work bet. a csw/msw and a clinical psychologist?