Posted by Pfinstegg on January 19, 2007, at 11:52:51
In reply to Re: psychoanalysis » harry_in_philly, posted by yxibow on January 11, 2007, at 10:35:32
I am doing it with an MD psychoanalyst, and am finding it extremely helpful. Analysts no longer have to be MD's, though; they can have PhDs, PsyDs, Masters or Doctoral degrees in social work. The main requirement is that they have to have had several years' of psychiatric experience in in-patient and outpatient hospital settings, and then training at a psychoanalytic institute, which involves a number of years of coursework, seminars, supervision, and personal psychoanalysis. So, you get a very highly trained person! Their fees tend to be accordingly high, and, to be in analysis, you need to go 3-5 times a week. Everyone's insurance is different; mine pays for 75% of 50 visits per year-so it runs out fairly soon in the year. So most of my salary is going to my analyst! Luckily for me, my husband also has a salary! I think the analysts are the best ones to go to- they know so much, and deal with things that psychotherapists often aren't trained to help with.
As to prescribing meds, mine doesn't. He prefers to use pdocs and just concentrate on therapy. Others do both, though.
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