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Topic: What does a pyschologist do?

Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #48,131

If someone describes themselves as a psychologist, what might they do?
Researchers are excluded because that's an option for anything. Psychiatrists are excluded because that is something different.
No poll, just answer below.

gruppi joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 49 seconds later[^] [v] #629,323

Dick around and occasionally inject drugs into people when they are bored.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,324

1: Psychologist cures you of evil.
2: Helps keep your wallet from overfilling with cash.
3: If they cannot cure you of evil, then they help you accept your dumb ass self.

Anonymous C double-posted this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,325

@629,323 (gruppi)
Psychologist in USA cannot prescribe drugs.
Reviewed and see they can in New Mexico Louisiana and on Indian reservations.

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Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 19 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,326

If you are excluding research and those in academia, then probably the most visible profession would be therapy. (which is a pretty wide field e.g. marriage-family counselling, anger management, addiction counselling, working with the mentally ill, convicted criminals, system kids, or just plain old personal therapy as some examples) Although psychology merges with a lot of other areas and you may find someone with a psychology degree doing statistics and demographics, acting as a business consultant advising large companies about how to organize production processes or workplaces, advising advertising agencies, working with police, city planners, schools and kids in special education, ... It's really a long list.

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gruppi replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,327

@629,325 (C)
ok

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,328

Sounds like I have been incorrectly lumping some of these professions under the term psychiatrist.

Anonymous C replied with this 11 years ago, 18 minutes later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,330

@previous (A)
> psychiatrist
Full MD plus 5 years of psychiatric studies. 14 years of education.

Psychologist 8 to 12 years.

beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,331

fyi I did not make this topic

Anonymous C replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #629,332

@previous (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Are you paranoid?

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #629,333

what are those ones that hypnotize you and roll you up in a rug and make you think that you got raped

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #629,335

@629,331 (beckyderp !4aMoRa.T2Q)
Why do you say you did not make this topic?

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 11 years ago, 47 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #629,336

@629,333 (Sheila LaBoof)
Psychotherapist

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #629,337

@previous (A)
ohhh yeah that's it, they suck man
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