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Originally Posted by freudlives
msw lmsw lcsw is not a mental health counselor they are social workers. because of shortages of qualified lpc, lmhc and lp social workers are hired. social workers also have the strongest lobby with the govt. so they have most of the federal jobs. however they are not equipped to handle mental illness. anyone can help you pull emotions out but they better know what they are doing once they are out and social workers are not trained for that
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The LCSW I see is perfectly trained to deal with my "mental illness"...I am surrounded in the state I live in by both Ph.Ds and MSWs/LCSWs seeing clients in exactly the same manner (in their own private practices), so they, in theory, must be doing something right. I currently see a Ph.D
and a LCSW, and the LCSW has been by far more helpful to me with my depression and my anxiety.
I agree with critterlady and seventyeight who stated earlier in the thread that the connection between the T and the client is the most important element to having successful therapy, not the exact degree hanging on the wall, and experience is incredibly helpful as well.
**And I know you had to dig deep to find this thread...interesting...seeing how it's been almost 5 months ago since it was started. How surprised I was to see the thread
I started has life again...I guess so do I, with a different user name and with plenty of experience to answer my own question now.
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