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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don’t get is why would someone choose to see a social worker over a psychologist if neither accept insurance?  The whole advantage of seeing a social worker was that formerly, a lot of them took insurance.  So even if they had less training, it was more financially practical to see a msw.  Especially for problems requiring many sessions; that was the trade off.

It seems like many social workers are doing cash only now, here and in nyc…so why pay that much as a patient when for a few dollars more you can see a psychologist?  It would be like if your pcp went concierge then all the nurse practitioner pc practices in the area did the same.  Who would pay a concierge retainer for an np when roughly the same money could get you an md?  What am I missing?[/quote]
I went with a lcsw because that was who had room on her waitlist and because she had professional experience with trauma. She has listened to some of my horrific stories and never flinched and, after my deductible was paid, it costs < than $10 a session. I worked with a psychiatrist years ago and all she wanted to do was talk about my father.[/quote]

Most psychiatrists don’t have much exp in therapy, or they pretend to.  At least not in comparison to a phd[/quote]

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