Posted by Penny on December 12, 2003, at 7:46:38
In reply to Social worker???, posted by catachrest on December 11, 2003, at 16:13:38
Clinical social work is another field in which folks do psychotherapy. My former therapist was a clinical social worker, and her style was a little different than my current therapist, who is a psychologist, but she was good nonetheless. I don't know about Canada, but in the states you can be qualified to do psychotherapy with several different degrees - master's in counseling, Ph.D. in psychology, Psy.D., M.S.W., etc.
I think a lot of people think of 'social work' as government folks who work with abused children, that sort of thing. At least here in the states. But, truly, that's only a small part of it. I would expect that your therapist has the necessary training to be a psychotherapist, he just got that training through a social work and not a psychology program.
I'm actually considering going back to school to get my master's in social work (clinical). My psychologist thinks it would be a much more logical road for me to take in becoming a therapist than working toward my Ph.D., which is a much longer process.
Hope this explanation helps. There are many folks here who have therapist with all kinds of backgrounds who can probably give you their own insights.
P
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