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Do Marriage and Family Therapists get as many clients as Psychologists?
I’m a psych student trying to decide if I should get a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy or get a doctoral degree and become a Psychologist. I want to know if getting the doctoral degree is worth the time and money.
You will get as many clients as your location and your skill as a therapist allow, regardless of the degree after your name. For example, if you settle in a small town, your client base will be much smaller, and you can expect that you will have fewer clients. Similarly, if you have highly developed skills as a therapist and are, as a result, benefiting many clients, your clients will refer other clients to you, and before you know it, you will have more clients than you know what to do with.
Great skills as a therapist aren’t learned in the classroom. They are learned while practicing in the office. Although the Ph.D. may look good after your name, in the end, it is your skills, your location, and to some extent your therapeutic orientation(s) that will ultimately determine how many clients you get. I know a psychotherapist with an MA who is a better therapist than many psychologists, and his wide client base testifies to this fact.
The one thing you might want to keep in mind as you make your decision is the type of clients you want to work with. If you want to work primarily with individuals who are experiencing simpler issues, such as depression, anxiety, OCD, etc. then you should be just fine with an MA. However, if you want to work with the more serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dissociative identity disorder, etc,, then you would be better off with a Ph.D.
Good luck!
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