Psychotherapy as a psychiatrist

I'm a med student, and during my psych clerkship I learned that some psychiatrists actually fall in love with therapy and make most of their career doing therapy with patients, and only a small part prescribing. Is that actually something feasible to do with psychiatry? And if you know people who do it, do they bill similarly to a psychologist or would they bill more? I'm just wondering how patients can afford to have a psychiatrist as a therapist... The concept is new to me and I just... Read more
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