Marriage therapist-which kind is best?

[Anonymous]

More important than PhD or masters is if they have specific training in marriage therapy. Anybody can say they see couples but are they trained in a specific modality? Gottman is great for improving communication.

[Anonymous]

Talk therapists with only a certification are a dime a dozen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Always take the sex therapist over a phd!

One is a random certification, other is multiple years of learning and training.

That assumes the PhD was in a relevant area.

I have two friends who are therapists with PhDs. Both did PhD in psychology, but their areas of specialty were very far from counseling. They later left academia and did whatever additional things you need to do to practice. So, yes, they did study psychology for many years, but as far as practicing therapists, they were as good as anyone with the same length of experience.

[Anonymous]

Mine is an expert witness so knows her stuff. Published author too. Want their neuropsych report or can take a stab at Dx others. Court cases means she takes less patients of course.

[Anonymous]

Avoid flying monkey therapists