Defining "therapist"...

[DontLetsBeSilly]

I am hoping someone can shed some light for me! When during a podcast the term "therapist" is used - what mental health professional is this referring to? I'm from Australia so I'm wondering if there's a difference in terminology between us and the US. I have studied a bachelor in psychology and am now studying counselling postgrad. As an aspiring psychotherapist I was just hoping for some clarity on whether Paul and his guests and more commonly talking about psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors or psychotherapists? Particularly in reference to long-term talk therapy relationships.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[RSRA]

Counselor and Therapist are two pretty interchangeable terms in the US (and each is used more in different parts of the country), but I've seen the term "Therapist" used to denote anyone who is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. I've sometimes heard people not differentiate between "Psychologist" and "Therapist", but that's pretty rare. Psychotherapist isn't used nearly as much as it used to be, and I think it might be because licensure to be a psychotherapist isn't required in a lot of places.

I hope this helps!

[DontLetsBeSilly]

Thanks so much! It seems to be different depending on who you talk to... and where they're from It's nice to get a clearer picture of who is who in the US

[Kashif]

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