Mental Health Careers: More Than Just Psychologists
I’ve had this issue recently where I have difficulty describing what I do with one label. What am I? And what do other people know? Does everyone understand the difference between a therapist and a psychologist? How about a social worker and a life coach? In this video, I try to break down a few common job titles that you might hear in psychology and the mental health field in order to explain their differences (and similarities, in some cases).
All salary information was obtained from glassdoor.com
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32 Comments
Good info. 🙂
All of the information regarding salaries was taken from glassdoor.com. I'm not sure how accurately the numbers reflect individuals who identify with particular titles. For simplicity, I stuck to the basic job title and did not include variants (e.g. I searched "social worker" but didn't search "licensed clinical social worker"). So job titles like "clinician" show up as lower income because, even though it includes doctors or RNs, no company lists those positions as just "clinician". Anyway, just something to bear in mind as you're watching!
Hey! Great video. I'm from Argentina and it's true that psychoanalysis is popular here. Particularly, I'm on a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalytic therapy (I've been diagnosed with OCD pure O) and it's working very good on me. I'm so happy I started it!
Düsseldorf?
Weird house flex, but ok
Great job on this one; I often get this question from my clients! The Marriage and Family Therapists might be a little upset about being left out, though 😉
Cool video. You should do a follow-up sometime that covers some of the more applied/ non-clinical titles (eg. Experimental psychologist, human factors psychologist, I/O psychologist, cognitive scientist, neuroscientist, neurologist, neurobiologist).
Damn! Lots of terms and specifications in the USA…. i lke that. Also, i like this video!
And then there are the neuroscientists like me, who are more concerned with the hardware than the software 😉
I love your videos💖
I've thought 90% of these labels were synonyms for the longest time. Nice.
I love how you don’t just talk at the camera. You obviously write a script and plan your shots ahead, but it doesn’t feel so formal. The way you shoot everything is dynamic and conversational as well as informative. Subscribed.
This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you so much
Addiction and mental health program job opportunities in Canada for international nursing student
Thank you very much for aaaaaaall the videos, I had a lot of prejudices (and dogmas provided by the family) about the sciences around the brain, but thanks to a lot of people like you now I'm very fascinated. I don't know what career to choose FIRST, but I'll choose a mental health career at some point of my life.🌺 Love you all!
nice video
I don't know if this is useful yet..I liked it because of the cat.
Changing the scenes in tandem with altering your labels was very effective, for both spacial recall and categorical memorization. Do you have any training with somatic experiencing?
Also, thank you very much for your contextual comment about using the label "shrink", gave me a solid laugh!
What about an Analyst? Short for Jungian Analyst. Not sure how you left that one out. Especially considering they are probably more prevalent then Psychoanalysts in the US.
Loved this! So informative. I think people need to know about mental healthcare workers/assistants too
Sport Psychologist
I don’t want to comment because you may psychoanalyze me. 😆
Serious note, thank you for making this video. I’m searching my career now. It was helpful.
do you have any guidance on LMFT vs. LPCC and if there's a big difference?
Psych info, retro games, and a kitty? Where did this perfect channel come from?
Love this video! the informal "chat" like presentation. Though I am still trying to figure out what your "official" title is….I was hoping you would have told us at the end. I plan on showing this video to my high school students for an introductory overview on Mental Health Careers. Thanks for the awesome video. Love the cats, too.
So im really into mental health and really mentally ill but im dum and I am dyslexic so icant speell half the words or say half the words in the mental health field Im really good with mental health but otherwise im dum could I still do this lmao
Thank you for the information, I am fortunate to have discovered your video.
Man because of you I got a assignment last month.
More than just psychologist, indeed!😆
They are in alliance with those who hate women or other women!
The perfect job for a soulless pretentious shrink😁
Revisiting this video after finishing my BA in Psychology, and I definitely understood the video in a different way and better than before. ❤