A psychologist is usually one of two things, a a ph d or a ci d. In schology, i think thi is what the degrees are. And both the p h ds and ci ds tend to have more psychotherapy training than medical doctors. A medical doctor may be somewhat better at therapy right after training than a licensed clinical social worker. But even if that effect is there, i think that probably has more to do iththe fact that training to become a psychiatrist is eight years, whereas becoming alicensed clinical social worker is like, somewhere between two and four.