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Originally Posted by Lauliza
Psychiatrists are known for being more detached than then other types of providers you list. Personally I think this is largely due to training with the medical model focus on medication. Since they attend medical school, psychiatrists receive little to no training in therapy. Social workers and licensed couselors hdon't really train in the medical model like PhDs and MD's, and that affects how they approach clients. It's a more balanced dynamic as well: service provider/client, rather than doctor/patient.
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Interesting point about psychiatrists because mine, though did therapy with me on a bi-weekly basis, seemed distant. At first I thought my doctor hated me. Then thought the doc was afraid of me. I kept thinking what had I done, and stopped expressing anger in the session. It took me a few months before I started to express anger once again, when I basically ran out of reasons as to why this person would be like that. It did not help that my psychiatrist also had a huge office. I could literally feel the distance.
Not the masters level therapist though, so friendly and shared some stuff with me, like a picture of her dog. I miss her.