Question 1

What is the difference between Psychiatry and Psychology?

Accepted Answer

Psychiatry is a specialization of medicine. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who  specialize in the treatment of mental disorders and often prescribe medication as part  of the recommended treatment. Today pharmacology has come a long way in being  able to offer patients symptom relief.

Psychology is a talk based therapy. Often recommended for short term treatment and  specific complaints. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is often the prescribed approach  Clinical Psychologists use in Australia. Typically this involves offering strategies to help  a person out of negative patterns of thinking/feeling/behaviour. Evidence shows that it  can be an effective way to help a person manage symptoms that once felt  unmanageable.

Question 2

What is the difference between Counselling and Analytic Psychotherapy?

Accepted Answer

Counselling is a talk based therapy. It is also often directive in it’s approach, and short  term, to help people get back on their feet. For instance following the loss of a loved  one, we may seek “Grief Counselling” to help us process that loss.

Analytic Psychotherapy is a talk based therapy.  It uses psychoanalytic principles of  considering unconscious mental processes. This can be very helpful in the case of  recurring persistent forms of mental suffering, such as repeated depression or anxiety  issues. We speak to the repetition of these symptoms.

Question 3

What is the difference between Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis?

Accepted Answer

Psychoanalysis or Analysis is a talk based therapy. Like Analytic Psychotherapy it  considers unconscious mental processes. The method used is one of free association,  whereby one is invited to say whatever is on their mind, opening the possibility to  uncover deeper mental connections that have been previously buried or repressed over  one’s life experience. Analysis is an extremely thorough process, one that addresses all  aspects of our relationship with others and ourselves. It is a deeply personal way to get  to fully know ourselves.

Question 4

How long will it take?

Accepted Answer

There is no prescribed time for addressing mental suffering. However, the sooner one  seeks help the better.  
One of the most common misconception is to think that one does not need help or  treatment as it may be perceived as a form of weakness or indulgence of some kind.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  
Acknowledging one’s  suffering is a big step to finding one’s solution to one’s complaint  and takes courage and commitment.  
Investing in one’s mental health is no different really to investing in one’s physical  health.

Question 5

How much will it cost?

Accepted Answer

We always consider financial circumstances. Therapy or analysis should not become a  burdensome source of financial stress, so the fee is initially arranged on the basis of  what is possible. Cancelling or postponing sessions generally works in the direction of  resistance rather than change.

Questions

What is the difference between Psychiatry and Psychology?

What is the difference between Counselling and Analytic Psychotherapy?

What is the difference between Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis?

How long will it take?

How much will it cost?

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