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Step 1: Advice or treatment – what’s the difference?
Step 2: Who does what? – Responsibilities of psychology, psychotherapy & psychiatry
Counseling
In contrast to treatment, it should be noted that
that counseling in a psychological context is aimed exclusively at healthy individuals and focuses on coping with life crises, social stress, and personal growth . The common goal of all counselors is to offer their clients support in temporary challenges or decision-making situations, to find solutions, and to strengthen areas of personal development .
Psychological counseling
Mediation
Coaching
Lebens- & Sozialberatung
Psychosoziale Beratung
Supervision
Treatment
Treatment, on the other hand, is aimed at people with mental illnesses that are considered to be pathological.
In addition to the common goal of all therapists to regain the mental health of their clients and to alleviate symptoms and suffering of those affected , there are nevertheless differences in treatment responsibilities .
Psychotherapy
treatment using
relevant therapy method
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The therapy methods can be
roughly classified into 4 directions:
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Depth-psychological/Psychodynamic
Humanistic-Existential
Systemic
Behavioral Therapy
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Clinical Psychology
treatment using
cross-method procedures
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other areas of clinical psychology:
diagnostics to clarify e.g. developmental & performance-psychological issues, mental illnesses according to ICD11/D SM5,...
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expert opinion
e.g. in the case of adoptive parenthood, gastric banding or cosmetic surgery, possession of a firearms license, etc.
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Psychiatry
Treatment e.g. by means of
psychotropic drugs
Specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapeutic medicine diagnose and treat patients based on
medicinal & therapeutic
Approaches.
In addition, psychiatrists are authorized
medical measures such as
inpatient treatments, medication
and to prescribe specialized therapies.
Here you can learn more about the different therapy methods:
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