Psychiatrist. Has a medical background (degree), thus can prescribe meds. Spezialized in psychiatry. Can do the additional path to psychotherapy to also work as a therapist.
Psychologist. Normal university "psychology" degree. Can do an advanced track/trade which takes like ~5years (where some of them are within in clinic) and they can thus become psychotherapists. They cannot prescribe meds.
Can chose not to do all of those above and work in completely random non-medical fields.
(Psycho-)Therapist: Can offer therapy. Either is a psychiatrist or psychologist that did the additional training.
Short question (since I'm from Germany):
We basically divide the thing into 3 careers:
Psychiatrist. Has a medical background (degree), thus can prescribe meds. Spezialized in psychiatry. Can do the additional path to psychotherapy to also work as a therapist.
Psychologist. Normal university "psychology" degree. Can do an advanced track/trade which takes like ~5years (where some of them are within in clinic) and they can thus become psychotherapists. They cannot prescribe meds. Can chose not to do all of those above and work in completely random non-medical fields.
(Psycho-)Therapist: Can offer therapy. Either is a psychiatrist or psychologist that did the additional training.
Is that basically the same for the US?