I googled my therapist

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Anonymous wrote:Being a psychotherapist doesn’t necessitate a doctorate. There are many licensed masters level therapists: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT but clearly none of those should be referred to as Dr. I’m an LCSW and have a PhD in an unrelated field so technically I’m Dr Larla but I’d NEVER use that in a clinical setting bc it would give the impression I had a PhD in social work.

FWIW I’m not kooky or new age at all and “manifesting” is definitely not a research-based therapeutic intervention! But I also don’t take insurance. Lots of us don’t because we can run more efficient private practices if they are cash pay and clients submit for reimbursement. I know it’s not ideal.

But there’s no indication that the therapist has used “Dr” in a clinical setting. The OP found this on “social media”.

No. It's on the link to the therapy portal. "Dr." Larla Smith is acailable.

It sounds like you don’t like or respect this therapist, so you should get another. You don’t need to justify it.

The therapy portal may be a medical portal that labels all primary-type providers “Dr Last Name.” My doctors office does this, and the two providers I see - a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant are both listed as “Dr Last Name.” It is incorrect, they don’t introduce themselves that way, but the portal is the portal.

Googling your physician, your vet, your therapist, your ANYTHING is actually something everyone should do. Why on earth would you not? That is literally what public info is for. And by google, I mean social media, court records, lawsuits, public commentary, etc. It's your job to decide how to interpret, but the info is there for a reason.

This is not a normal thought process. Google a date maybe, your vet though? That’s kookoobutts

NP. Are you 95 years old or something? This is how the world has worked for twenty years now.

It’s weird to go looking for your dentist’s vacation photos.

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Anonymous wrote:Being a psychotherapist doesn’t necessitate a doctorate. There are many licensed masters level therapists: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT but clearly none of those should be referred to as Dr. I’m an LCSW and have a PhD in an unrelated field so technically I’m Dr Larla but I’d NEVER use that in a clinical setting bc it would give the impression I had a PhD in social work.

FWIW I’m not kooky or new age at all and “manifesting” is definitely not a research-based therapeutic intervention! But I also don’t take insurance. Lots of us don’t because we can run more efficient private practices if they are cash pay and clients submit for reimbursement. I know it’s not ideal.

But there’s no indication that the therapist has used “Dr” in a clinical setting. The OP found this on “social media”.

No. It's on the link to the therapy portal. "Dr." Larla Smith is acailable.

It sounds like you don’t like or respect this therapist, so you should get another. You don’t need to justify it.

The therapy portal may be a medical portal that labels all primary-type providers “Dr Last Name.” My doctors office does this, and the two providers I see - a nurse practitioner and a physician assistant are both listed as “Dr Last Name.” It is incorrect, they don’t introduce themselves that way, but the portal is the portal.

Googling your physician, your vet, your therapist, your ANYTHING is actually something everyone should do. Why on earth would you not? That is literally what public info is for. And by google, I mean social media, court records, lawsuits, public commentary, etc. It's your job to decide how to interpret, but the info is there for a reason.

This is not a normal thought process. Google a date maybe, your vet though? That’s kookoobutts

Googling your vet, your dentist, your anything can tell you a lot about their experience, where they practiced before, etc.

Agree, looking up their professional history, reviews, educational history is completely normal. Taking a self proclaimed “deep dive” on their social media to find out their political beliefs, dating history, who they follow, what they’ve been tagged in, etc. goes beyond a normal boundary.

Exactly.

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She sounds like a scamster if she’s calling herself “Doctor.” Bad judgment of her part suggests to me she’d be a bad therapist.