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Originally Posted by FallingFreely
I've seen a few LPCs and MSWs. For simple coping skills and functioning as a sounding board, they were adequate. However, when I've gone into severe states of deterioration they were very poor at connecting the dots and recognizing trauma reactions. PhDs were slightly more helpful navigating rough waters. No noticeable difference in care when things were steady for me.
I'm hesitant to make any generalizations though, because it could have just been the people I saw.
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My one and only therapist was a psychiatrist so I don't have direct experience here, but indirectly I agree. This is more or less what my medical patients who see counselors have identified. That for straightforward anxiety, depression, life changes, relationship stress/coping, they do just fine. If my patient needs something more specific, trauma history, bipolar, targeted interventions, then they haven't been as helpful