they are all therapists. the only difference is in degree of education and the focus of that education.


licensed clinical social worker

marriage and family therapist: both have masters degrees, but the coursework is pretty different, but noth can do the exact same job as a therapist.


a psy.d is a clinical psychologist and can do testing

a ph.d has a masters degree plus a few extra years of schooling (usually they do research) but they cant do testing. more philosophy/theory based at times.


they are all therapists and can do each others jobs with the exception of teaching at certain levels and doing psych testing- only psychologist can do that.



personally i see a licensed clinical social worker and a phd. for my therapy...I like them both. but i do emdr with the social worker.