Posted by Karen44 on December 24, 2006, at 21:25:59
In reply to Re: Best grad school for psych in the midwest?, posted by peddidle on December 14, 2006, at 10:25:30
A psychologist typically has to complete one year of postdoctoral supervised experience (some do two). The person has to then get licensed which means also taking the national licensing exam. Until finishing the postdoctoral supervised experience and obtaining a license, one with a Master's degree would appropriately not claim any other capacity to practice. You should just ask your therapist about continuing to see her after she is "officially" a psychologist and when that might be.
Karen44
> I don't mean to jump in and hijack someone's post, but I had a question, and you all seem to have a lot of knowledge about this topic.
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> I have been seeing my T at my college counseling center for about 2 years, give or take. When I first started seeing her, she had a master's degree and had the title of "predoctoral psychology intern" She was on maternity leave for a few months, so I assume that put her behind a little, because she still had that title last year. Now she has a PsyD and is a "postdoctoral psychology resident". What does this all mean exactly? And how much longer would she have as a "postdoctroal psychology resident"? I guess I'm also asking if she is finished after this year (i.e. will this be my last year with her?). I don't know if this matters, but I think she is in her early 30's (33 or 34).
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> She actually mentioned this week that she has "another office"....I did a little googling, and I didn't find a website, but I found a yellowpages-type listing that says she works in a practice as a psychotherapist (with a master's) along with a psychologist. I had seen this ad last year, and I just assumed it was an old listing. I called the number after hours, and now I'm pretty sure it's her.
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> Just to clarify, I'm not questioning her abilities-- she's an amazing therapist-- I'm really just curious about what this all means.
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> Thanks for any insight you can give me, and sorry again for just jumping in.
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