Is Kurose a psychiatrist or a psychologist?

He's a psychiatrist.

As far I i can see he is a psychotereapist.

I thought he was a psychologist, but maybe I was wrong.

1)Here he says he is a "consuelor" (dooes not solve much but for psychologist or psychiatrist "doctor" fits better mabey?
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ten_count/mf/v01/c001/32/
2) psychiatrists dont do psychoterapy. They use psychoactive drugs for patients who need help beyond therapy.

See, I associated "counselor" with a psychologist (usually a PhD or PsyD) and the person who sees a client for five minutes and then writes a prescription with a psychiatrist (an MD with a specialization). Maybe that is just US convention?

The manga is licenced in my country and in the official translation he's a psychiatrist, that's why her colleague call him doctor. Also he did study to help peoples with big phobia like Shirotani, most of the time for that you go to a psychiatrist or psychologist.

thank you so much!

thank you so much. There's such a big difference between psychiatrist and psychologist. It was confusing. I like him better as a psychiatrist, and I read the whole thing thinking he was a psychologist. Now I have an excuse to read ten count again. LOL.

thank you!

I had that impression, too

yeah, it sounded like it, didn't it? but then the patients are calling him sensei and doctor. It seemed like it could be either one. I really like the contrast in the beginning where he looked like he could be a bike messenger, then we find out he's a doctor.

thank you for the good info and for the link. I wonder if kurose was softening the doctor part by saying "counselor" so shirotani wouldn't feel intimidated.

thanks. I wonder if it might be a language barrier sort of thing.

Yes it is, Kurose is a psychologist, correctly he is a clinical psychologist http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ten_count/mf/v01/c002.5/4/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_psychology
As a psychologist myself, it has bothered me that he is referred as a psychiatrist. Psychologist use exposure therapy treatment anxiety to treat disorders, such as PTSD and specific phobias (mysophobia), a psychiatrist would have prescribed drugs (anxiolytics).

*Psychologist use exposure therapy treatment to treat anxiety disorders, such as PTSD and specific phobias (mysophobia), a psychiatrist would have prescribed drugs (anxiolytics).

Yeah but don't forget that a psychiatrist have the same basic training that a psychologist so Kurose would know about exposure therapy . The fact is that Shirotani is not an official patient so Kurose couldn't even if he want, give him medication legaly. We have no proof that be doesn't give or recommand drugs to bus other patients. And like I say before in France the manga is licenced and the official translation is psychiatrist.

''Yeah but don't forget that a psychiatrist have the same basic training that a psychologist...'' – No they don't, not even close. They are completely different fields of study and use completely different approaches to therapy. Exposure therapy is something a psychologist would use. I get it that that is the translation in France, but understand that the translation can be wrong. Once again I myself am a psychologist and work in this field, trust me when I say that he is a clinical psychologist.

Well I don't know about other country but in France if you want to be an psychologist or a psychiatrist you have three options : go study biology or psychology or medecine in university and only after 3 years you can choose one or another. So I don't know about japan but here psychologist and psychiatrist do have the same basic training.

After the 3 years of basics, people can choose to pursue psychologie or psychiatry (or other fields of study) and have to specialise in their choice for 5 more years.

In my country they are completely different fields you study to be a psychologist for 5 years than specialize branch of psychology of choosing (e.g. clinical) and to be a psychiatrist you study medicine for 6 years and then specialize in psychiatry. But still, basic or not, it still stands what I said, they are completely different fields of study and use completely different approaches to therapy.