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Old Jul 23, 2013, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post
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..
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.