[ExI] jarring change

[Henry Rivera]

Doctoral level therapists in private practice can charge $125 per hour and up. This is big enough money for many. Psychiatrists have to get in to, pay for, and tolerate the non-mental health curriculum of medical school which certainly did not appeal to me. 

There is also the newer development of prescribing privileges for psychologists, so it can be option for some depending on the state. 

The point I’d say is to help people, and people can be helped to make behavioral changes without medication. Many clients prefer this due to side effects, costs of medication, and med interactions. 

-Henry

> On Sep 19, 2020, at 12:42 AM, John Grigg via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> 
> What is the point of becoming a professional therapist, if you can't prescribe psychiatric medications? That is where the money is at... I have a friend who is a psychiatrist, who likes to bring this up.
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 5:27 PM Henry Rivera via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> Master’s level is an end point for many psychotherapists: Social Workers, LPC, LMHC, LMFT to name a few FWIW. 
>> 
>>>> On Sep 15, 2020, at 3:57 PM, Dave Sill via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:47 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> My goal was only to highlight it's wasteful -- not to ask for a list
>>>> of jobs where it's a base requirement. (Even in those cases, I
>>>> wonder.)
>>> 
>>> Understood. My point in replying wasn't to start a list that nobody wants, but to give a concrete example of a job that does require a Masters.
>>> 
>>> I agree that degree requirements are lazy and inefficient. 
>>> 
>>> -Dave
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