lol!! . . .

We must be cross-posting. I don't disagree about medications necessarily, but in cases where a client does need medication treatment, a psychologist handling meds at least might do a better job actually than many pdocs of sorting out the medication issues vs. the therapy issues. I love my pdoc, but he is medication focused and doesn't always see the forest for the trees, while my therapist actually is better at discerning which issue is actually at play. His ability to sort out the two has been great input (and my pdoc has appreciated his input at those times also); I love the fact that my therapist is able to talk knowledgably with my pdoc about medication vs. therapy issues. Not all therapists have that kind of medication knowledge which can really be a disadvantage for those of us that do require both medication and therapy. I realize not every person in therapy has need for medication though, so it isn't really a need or even desire for many people in therapy to have a therapist capable of understanding both.