Refer Severely Disturbed Clients for a Medical or Psychiatric Evaluation

I don’t need to possess a crystal ball or be a mind reader to guess what most nonmedical practitioners are thinking about this suggestion. “No way. I’m not referring my client to a psychiatrist or a medical doctor. They are just pill pushers. They’ll just fill my client up with Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, or the drug of the month. That’s what they do with every client. They don’t know anything about counseling.”