Yeah, the academic qualifications for a psychologist take twice as long. A social worker can take on many more roles than a psychologist etc. I have an idea of this kind of thing but I was wondering more if anyone had experienced both and noticed any pros and cons from the point of view of a patient rather than just research. My first therapist was actually a social worker and there were a number of problems with the therapy that I later largely attributed to her being a social worker rather than a psychologist. However, now I am thinking that it probably had a lot more to do with her particular personality than with her training...