Does anybody know what kind of training they generally receive in terms of psychotherapy and in other psych interventions (e.g., Motivaional Interviewing, et cetera)? I cannot imagine it could be that much because aren't they spending all their time on the medical side of things?
The reason I ask is that I see a lot of them advertising these services at very high rates. Even more perplexing is that a lot of them advertise proficiency in multiple, disparate modalities (e.g., Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral).
Although I attended a very, very research based clnical PhD. program and conducted and co-published quite a bit of peer reviewed journal articles and conducted quite a bit of in-person I remember still not feeling 100 percent competent in conducting CBT. I would always go home and read about cbt, cognitive theories behind all the various Axis I and II disorders and case collaboration techniques after I would get home from intenship and the next day I would attempt to apply the germane ones with my patients. I still have the worn out copies of Dr Padesky's "Collaborate Case Conceptualization" and Dr. Freeman's Cognitve Therapy of Personality Disorders on my desk!
Despite the thousands of hours of researching, reading and conducting these techniques, I always had the nagging feeling that there was always more to know, especially because I knew I had to match the particular type of evidence-based version of cbt to the disorder (e.g., worry exposure to GAD, interroceptive cue exposure to Panic Disorder) and cross-combine interventions most of the time because patients would present w/ multiple co-morbidities.
In order to engage in medication management, I had to attain my clinical psychologist license and then attend an in-person 2.5 year post-doctoral course on the weekends, pass a test much more demanding that the EPPP, and then complete a 500 hour practicum. Even now I still have people question my credentials. On the other hand, why do other professions lay claim to what we specialize in with likely minimal training? Of course, I know some do specialized post-doctoral training but this can't be most of them...
The reason I ask is that I see a lot of them advertising these services at very high rates. Even more perplexing is that a lot of them advertise proficiency in multiple, disparate modalities (e.g., Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral).
Although I attended a very, very research based clnical PhD. program and conducted and co-published quite a bit of peer reviewed journal articles and conducted quite a bit of in-person I remember still not feeling 100 percent competent in conducting CBT. I would always go home and read about cbt, cognitive theories behind all the various Axis I and II disorders and case collaboration techniques after I would get home from intenship and the next day I would attempt to apply the germane ones with my patients. I still have the worn out copies of Dr Padesky's "Collaborate Case Conceptualization" and Dr. Freeman's Cognitve Therapy of Personality Disorders on my desk!
Despite the thousands of hours of researching, reading and conducting these techniques, I always had the nagging feeling that there was always more to know, especially because I knew I had to match the particular type of evidence-based version of cbt to the disorder (e.g., worry exposure to GAD, interroceptive cue exposure to Panic Disorder) and cross-combine interventions most of the time because patients would present w/ multiple co-morbidities.
In order to engage in medication management, I had to attain my clinical psychologist license and then attend an in-person 2.5 year post-doctoral course on the weekends, pass a test much more demanding that the EPPP, and then complete a 500 hour practicum. Even now I still have people question my credentials. On the other hand, why do other professions lay claim to what we specialize in with likely minimal training? Of course, I know some do specialized post-doctoral training but this can't be most of them...
