Psychiatric APRN's taking over Master's level clinicians (ie. LCSW's LPC's etc.)

[InfoNerd101]

DO you think that psychiatric APRN's will eventually take over clinical social workers and licensed mental health counselors since these individuals can provide psychotherapy as well as prescribe? So whatever those professional's can do, Psych APRN's can doo and more.

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[AnnoyedByFreud]

DO you think that psychiatric APRN's will eventually take over clinical social workers and licensed mental health counselors since these individuals can provide psychotherapy as well as prescribe? So whatever those professional's can do, Psych APRN's can doo and more.

Hmm. I don't see psych NPs taking over the roles of LCSWs, as the duties are very different. They won't pay a psych NP to do the job of an LCSW, instead they will have the psych NP do the job of a psychiatrist and pay them less. I wouldn't worry about having to compete with psych NPs for LCSW/LMHC positions.