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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you said PSYCHIATRIST but many posters have responded as though you said THERAPIST/PSYCHOLOGIST. In my experience, psychiatrists want to know what you are struggling with so they can properly prescribe meds. They really don’t get into talk therapy or CBT or solving anything during the appointment. They may refer you to someone else for that.

Is your goal to leave with a prescription?  Their goal is getting you the right medication. [/quote]

I think I might need meds, so I was glad to get the psychiatrist. Before I even mentioned what I needed when I made the appointment, I was warned that they only had psychiatrists available right now, and was that okay? So we'll see. I just wanted to get started. If they refer me to someone else for talk therapy or whatever, I'm good with that. It took me 2 months to get in the door so I'm really happy to just get started on anything, even though I'm nervous. I didn't realize psychiatrists didn't do the therapy part, so thanks for the heads up on that.[/quote]

Pp here who posted about being stuck, etc. My first experience with therapy was with a psychiatrist for 3 months when I was 20. She spent many sessions talking with me before she diagnosed me with anything. She completely missed that I had PTSD (to be fair, it was a new diagnosis for victims of sexual assault), but my sessions with her helped my relationships with my parents. It was 2 years later that a LCSW recognized and helped me with the PTSD. All that to say that psychiatrists will do therapy and they can diagnose and prescribe medication.[/quote]

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