r/Psychologists

Probably poorly titled but oh well…

Our programs are training people in neurocognitive assessments then allowing people to go out there and say “well I’m not a neuropsychologist but I have x, y, and z training.” It feels like a complete disservice to the field. I know neuropsychologists who worked their butts off during their doctoral programs, post-docs and board certification process. Psychologists shouldn’t be acting like they are neuropsychologists because they can do neuropsychological exams, when in reality they have not had the extensive training that neuropsychologists have been through.

Im in a state in the mid west and there’s been huge movement to grant masters level psychologists autonomy when it comes to therapy AND assessment, reducing their degree of supervision.

As someone who just got their PhD in clinical psychology, I can’t help but feel concerned about my future and prospects financially. There are so many pathways already to allow people to do therapy such as social workers, clinical mental health counsellors, etc and it’s making me nervous and somewhat frustrated with the years I’ve spent to pursue this PhD. Browsing through psychology today, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of therapists whatsoever and now with this lobbying towards granting assessment privileges, I’m nervous about moving forward.

I keep hearing about this mental health "provider shortage" but I've been looking for a job listings for a month​.

The only jobs I'm seeing are for these trash online therapy companies with for-profit models that pay 1099 and have high turnover and a lot of jobs for masters level clinicians .

What is happening? Am I missing something? Is there actually a shortage? Or is it Just in some sectors ? Has anybody else picked up on this?

Group practice in HCOL city hires postdocs as salaried W2s with health insurance & PTO. Offers them to stay in the practice as staff as 1099s with a 50% fee split, no benefits (insurance, PTO, retirement), part-time office space (roughly 2 days/week total, split in chunks across the week). Another factor is that referrals coming through the practice are pretty much all funneled to new fellows building their caseloads (new cohort each year), so staff are more or less expected to generate their own referrals. Staff are also paid to supervise fellows. I'm not crazy for thinking this is an awful setup, right? Since fellows can take their patients with them if they go to solo PP, besides supervising fellows it's hard to see the incentive to stay in the practice. I'd think 60/40 (or higher) on W2 basis with benefits or 70/30 (or higher) on 1099 basis w/o benefits would be more in line with field standards for HCOL areas. But I want to see what others think.

I'm looking for a job & EVERYWHERE I look all I keep getting are these trash 1099's. These companies (lifestance, thrive, ect.) are placing individual ads for remote jobs in virtually every city which means there more then 80% of the search results.

It's literally impossible to locate real jobs. This is on essentially every type of board from linkedin, APA jobs & the state psych board jobs. I know these websites make money on the ads that are based but I would rather pay a fee not to see this trash.

Thanks for listening :/

I’m transitioning from a group practice to solo private practice. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by the technical side of submitting claims and ensuring I’m using the right modifiers. Are most of you using a specific EHR feature, or do you hire a dedicated service?

Hi :-) I'm Kevin.

For the past 20yrs, I've bounced between the business world and the meditation world

I'm the editor of Meditation Magazine, have published books about meditation and taught mindfulness & meditation to 200k+ ppl via online courses

Obviously my passion is meditation, but it's really about psychology at the root. I find psychology fascinating.

But I've got a wife and 2 kids now. I need to provide for them financially... have a stable income, a home, etc. My magazines are sold and distributed internationally but TBH I am not a natural businessman. We are barely scraping by financially. I've learned to do marketing, sales, tech etc, but I don't want to be thinking about revenue, expenses and profits... I want to be focusing on psychology, meditation, and helping ppl.

I'm thinking maybe I should do a funded PhD program in psychology, do research on meditation / psychedelics / etc (I'm very passionate about that type of research), and be a clinical psychologist as well. I'd love to work with couples therapy especially, but I'm also good with anxiety, depression and adhd.

I wanted to get some feedback from ppl who have gone down this path. I know it's competitive to get into the funded PhD programs, but I'm optimistic and happy to try :-) what I want to know is: if I go all in and take the leap, spend those years in school, etc... what is waiting on the other side?

Is there stable income waiting for most psych PhD grads? Will I still need to spend a lot of my time and energy on marketing/sales or will it be easy client flow? Are most psychologists booked up with as many clients as they want? Or are many struggling to get by as well?

Thank u for sharing your advice, experience and wisdom. I appreciate you 🙏

Anyone have experience getting licensed in Georgia? It’s turning out to be an 8+ month timeline considering they only review each step every one to two months. How do they get away with this? Any tips for moving the process along?

Trying to find other referral sources as Psychology Today has been slow, and Mental Health Match has been a lot of referrals with ZERO bookings. Zocdoc looks promising on paper. Anyone have any experience with it?