As a clinical social worker and a therapist, I can attest to the fact that if you want to bill an insurance company for therapy you have to label the patient/​client with a DSM diagnosis.
If one is paying a doctor themselves for medication, there probably is a bit more leeway.
As a clinical social worker and a therapist, I can attest to the fact that if you want to bill an insurance company for therapy you have to label the patient/​client with a DSM diagnosis. If one is paying a doctor themselves for medication, there probably is a bit more leeway.