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Originally Posted by amandalouise
another reason she may not want to name your personality disorder is because most if not all therapists in the USA are ....not....allowed to make a diagnosis for many of the mental disorders. Usually it is a psychiatrist that does diagnostic evaluations and then tells the client what their mental disorder is..
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This may be true where you work, but everywhere that I have had work with clinicians the therapist diagnosis the client. The psychiatrist can give a different diagnosis for the client and if there is a difference in opinion those are then discussed. At least that is for people with degrees in clinical psychology. I don't know what it is for people who are professional counselors or social workers.