Psychologist: Understanding The Profession And Its Misconceptions With Private Practice Psychologist, Sara Sadek

Even in this day and age of information, so many people still interchange psychologists and psychiatrists. It is time to get things straight once and for all as Richard Marn, MD sits down with private practice psychologist, Sara Sadek. While letting us in on her career journey and why she chose her profession, Sara also shares the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist and why she found herself hesitant at first to go into the former. She talks about her least favorite part of the profession, the common misconceptions surrounding it and what she calls aggressive empathy. What is more, Sara then lets us in on her life pre- and post-COVID, how she is navigating this turbulent time, and how students thinking of becoming a psychologist could thrive in the profession.