lovingthisforum wrote:scout wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:43 pm
lovingthisforum wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:19 pm
And when she said: I use my degree on both of my kids....sorry but roll eye or at least big question marks. She probably means some simple stuff and tricks once in a while, but that's nonsense, every parent does that and has that insight and intuition.
I believe Katie loves Cullen and I am happy she does, I enjoyed the beginning when she was sweet with him. But the content was unsubstantial and they avoided 'real' assumptions. I'm curious if people have proposed assumptions about the favoring.
She said she did assessments in her job. That is lower than giving treatment, I wish I could explain it in English but it's a bit like doing the dirty work, and it means that saying "I'm a child psychologist" sounds fancier than it really was because people would understand that as if she gave therapy and treatment. And if she didn't do this then it also makes even lesser sense that she said she used her degree upon her kids, if you don't use therapeutic 'interventions' then what do you use? Yeah insight, but haven't we all? The thing a psychologist would have maybe more readily available is 1 thing: correcting on yourself, so not acting out your emotions, I'm not saying 'normal' people aren't capable of this. But I don't see this with Katie, I see that she is acting like a normal human being and just favoring like a normal human being, I've never seen some real clear insight capability with her etc. Also important to be clear about that she isn't a therapist or clinical psychologist, she is simply a psychologist plus did a PhD which has nothing to do with clinical psychology and becoming a therapist. She is a psychologist (uni degree) that worked with children. Her PhD is apart from all this. It's not that because of her PhD she is better with children or as a therapist which she isn't to begin with. I've said this before but the context is better now.
I'm a long time lurker that is in graduate school in hopes of becoming a psychologist, so I wanted to give my two cents. I haven't watched Cullen and Katie in awhile, so I can't comment on her parenting abilities; however, I fully disagree with your understanding of psychology in America. Katie received both a bachelor's and a Ph.D. in psychology (possibly even a master's as well). In America, except for a few specific titles, such as a School Psychologist, you are unable to use the title Psychologist without a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology. Just to make it clear - her Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology included both advanced education and research in Clinical Child Psychology.
Yes I agree but she didn't follow education in _fully_ becoming a therapist, I meant to clear out that a PhD is research, and her research was about social media in youth, because people were kind of impressed and assuming she was a therapist, capable in treating disorders. I oversaw the detail for a moment that you're only called a Psychologist with a PhD, it's the same in Astronomy, and the same as here as in you need advanced education after your Masters to be titled a Psychologist. Correct me if I'm wrong but becoming a therapist, where I live called Clinical Psychologist, is a different route than a PhD. Even during your masters you either chose for instance clinical psychology or research, or social psychology etc. If you choose research you can't apply for the advanced education of becoming a Clinical Psychologist (therapist), and vice versa, although you can still take a PhD in clinical psychology but that doesn't make you a Clinical Psychologist, but a researcher in the field. Point is still though that she did the assessments which is considered 'lower' than giving actual treatment. So we shouldn't overestimate her therapeutic interventions capability and get confused is what I'm saying. Her PhD has little to do with therapy. Because people were saying: I don't want my child to be seen/treated by her. Well she is not a child psychologist in that sense, and in any event doesn't have experience herein, except for a couple of internships, but this doesn't allow you to give treatment. Hope this makes it clear what I meant
There are many kinds of psychologists. Some do therapy/talking, some do research, and some do assessment. I’m pretty sure she did assessment. So she’d be the person to do all the IQ tests and stuff on children for their psycho-educational assessments for their schooling. (I studied psychology, Autism Behavioural Science, and have done the psych assessment twice myself due to having ADHD)
But she was a “real” psychologist. They make good money. Where I am they make around $100-$120K a year.
Yeah she didn’t specialize in intervention or talk therapy, but she probably does have knowledge in the area.
I just think in general, no one should be thinking her educational is ‘less than’. It is impressive. I’m envious. I just wish she continued with it and helped make a difference in children’s lives. We can never have too many of those kind of people in the world.
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