Question: Are you a therapist in a way then?

Robert Dempsey answered on 10 Jun 2019:

I’m not trained in therapy, I work as a researcher understanding the processes which explain mental health related experiences (so the psychological abilities and thoughts which underlie mental health). I have been trained in diagnostic interviewing (which means that I can conduct a research-based interview to determine someone’s diagnosis), and I’m a Mental Health First Aider at my university, but I don’t practice as a therapist. I’m very much a researcher in mental health if that makes sense?