Find The Finest Psychologist Long Island Can Offer

By Etta Bowen


Many people go through some kind of disorder at least once in their lives. When you find a Psychologist Long Island and all around the world, you will find that they specialise in helping many to overcome that. They are there to let one know that there is someone out there who is aware of what they going through and are willing to listen and not be judgemental.

Many people tend to get mixed up with psychologist and psychiatrists and what each of them means. They are both described as a professional who provides therapy but the services are different in terms of range and content. The easiest way to describe the difference is in the education that each receives.

A psychologist needs to have a doctoral level degree in psychology while a psychiatrist needs a degree in medicine. All psychologists will pursue a Doctor of Philosophy or a Doctor of Psychology in either counselling or medical. They generally take about five to seven years to complete and in many states and extra one to two years is added for an internship. Others still require extra years for supervised practise before they are granted their licenses.

Each of them has had training in treating and diagnosing as well as assessing and prevention of mental illnesses. The next difference is that only psychiatrists are able to prescribe medication but recently there is a grant giving this power to psychologists whom have studied a post doctoral master's degree. One will need to figure out which one would best suit your career path when deciding between the two of them, medical or doing research.

One such therapist is Dr Le-Ben Wan who specializes in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Psychopharmacology is the study on how drugs effect peoples moods, behaviour, sensations as well as thinking. The name psych comes from the Greek word "breath, soul, life" and pharmacology from the word "drug". All drugs have some kind of chemical interaction with the brain as the substance travels from the receptors found in the nervous system causing many changes. He specialises in peer relationships, anxiety and depression as well.

A doctorate degree is needed to become a Forensic Psychologist. They apply their expertise to the field of law and criminal investigation and unlike those that are seen on television they do not do criminal profiling. They are more involved in lawsuits, insurance claims as well as custody disputed. Working with child witnesses and assessing juveniles also fall under their field of work.

A Social worker will need to obtain a Bachelor's degree and there are about five hundred and ninety five thousand jobs when the last census was taken. They can be seen as advocates for their clients and help teach new skills. They are there to protect helpless people as well as to ensure that their welfare is observed.

Psychologists in Long Island and around the world are aware that anxiety and stress are not very different. Anxiety is just another name for long term stress and this can eventually cause an anxiety disorder. Symptoms such as shakiness and heart racing, sweating and the inability to breath are all physical manifestations.




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