I'm Still Human: Understanding Depression With Kindness (Expanded Edition - 2021)

What to expect from a counselor or
clinical psychologist?
These are some of the things that you may expect from your
counselor or clinical psychologist depending on your needs and
types of therapy:
• Help you to explore and understand your problems.
• Help you to understand your depression better.
• Perform some psychological tests, (e.g. personality test) to
help you know yourself better.
• Recommend some dietary or lifestyle changes, e.g. exercise.
• Teach you certain relaxation exercises, e.g. deep breathing.
• Teach you certain skills, e.g. communication, time
management skills, parenting.
• Guide you in solving your problems, e.g. academic stress.
• More specialized therapy, e.g. grief counseling, cognitivebehavioral
therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, art
therapy.
As counselors and clinical psychologist are not medical doctors,
they will not:
• Give you medicines
• Give you medical certificates (MC)
• Perform medical tests, e.g. urine, blood, X-Ray
• Do a physical examination, e.g. check your heart
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