Differences between Psychologist and Psychological counsellor and guide

Nowadays when students need psychological help they can go to a psychologist or PCG. But there are some differences between psychologists and PSGs. It depends on the students wants and problems, to which one they should go.

The first and simple difference is that they have different title. A psychologist has a doctor title and Works in a clinique (Charles G. Morris, 1991). Moreover Psychologists study longer than PCGs and they have to work in a hospital after their study (tr.wikipedia.org). A PCG is only a counsellor and works in an Office.
The second difference is that PCGs don’t learn as much details as psychologists about psychology, they learn more usual things, for example how to motivate a student. If a student comes from a different culture and county, they can help the student to deal with the culture shock or to help when someone have family related problems (Doç. Dr. T. Fikret Karahan, 2004) Unlike PSGs, psychologists can help people who have serious problems, for example alcoholics, people who are depressed, drug Users or homosexuals (Carles G. Morris, 1991)

So a student should to go to a PCG when he/she has problems at school, when they can’t get use to the county and culture they study, than they have problems in the classroom with their peers or than they have family related problems (www.pdr.hacettepe.edu.tr). But if someone has serious psychological problems, than they should go to a psychologist.


When you go to a PCG at first and when the counsellor see that his/her patient has more serious problems than school, family or adapting problems, the PCG can transfer the patient to a psychologist, because psychologists have more knowledge than PCGs.


References

BOOKS:
1. Charles G. Morris (1991), Understanding Psychology
Simon & Schuster/ A Viacom Company
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

2. Doç. Dr. T. Fikret Karahan (2004), Psikolojik Danışma ve Psikoterapide Kuramlar
Deniz Kültür Yayınları
İstiklal Cad. No: 57/B, Samsun

INTERNET sources:
1. Hacettepe University. www.pdr.hacettepe.edu.tr

2. tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psikolojik_danısmanlık_ve_Rehberlik