Right. Exactly. I tend to use the word "shrink" because my therapist is also my psychiatrist and is also an psychoanalyst. In more formal settings I refer to him as "my analyst" but on here I don't because it doesn't seem that common.
These titles can be confusing. There is also the fact that social workers can also provide therapy as can psychologists, MFTs, and LPCCs. But counseling can also refer to peer counseling, pastoral counseling, life coach counseling, which is not to be called or considered therapy.
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