The Mental Health Industry Transformation

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20 years ago, most students needed a Ph.D. to become a psychologist. Today, requirements are lower. How has this affected the mental health field? Dramatically, writes glenngeher. Here's why—and what can be done.

disorder beg for solutions given how deeply debilitating these disorders can be for the lives of so many. Workers in the psychopharmaceutical industry along with the broader suite of therapeutic professionals are essential workers in the modern day. Counseling centers at colleges and universities around the US report being deeply understaffed. Therapists around the nation are hardly hurting for work, with a high proportion needing to turn new clients away simply due to workload issues.

I once heard a renowned sociologist, Peter Callero, share a useful thought exercise related to this topic. It is essentially: Imagine that you are standing near a river and every hour you spot a new person who is stuck in the current, drowning, and clearly in need of help. The question:? Many people respond by saying that they would go out into the water, perhaps in a small boat, and try to save each person. That is, of course, a great short-term solution.

All kinds of problems famously follow from living a life that is not consistent with the environments that our ancestors evolved in . At the very least, it is a solid working hypothesis that mismatch serves as a large-scale problem that undergirds the modern mental health crisis. To my mind, the more educated that government and industry leaders become in terms of our evolved psychology, the better able we as a global community can mitigate the adverse effects of evolutionary mismatch.

 

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glenngeher U do still need a PhD to work in most fields as a psychologist. U need a PhD to be a clinical psych, neuropsych, forensic psych, etc.

glenngeher You are still required to get a PhD to be a clinical psychologist. A Master's degree will allow you to have a private practice, as a 'therapist.' A Bachelor's degree let's you see addicts/alcoholics and perform intakes. BUT...every state is different.

glenngeher I’ve had 20 plus years of therapy . I can probably help most people dating. Plus being empath. I can know the truth. Can’t fool me

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