A psychoanalyst is someone who treats people by using psychoanalysis — that long, careful talking that looks for hidden causes. They are trained in that method.

A psychoanalyst精神分析師 is someone who treats people by using psychoanalysis是指用精神分析來治療人的人 that long, careful talking that looks for hidden causes就是那種長時間、仔細尋找隱藏原因的談話治療 They are trained in that method他們受過這套方法的訓練

They are not automatically a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who treats mental illness, often with medicine. A psychoanalyst may or may not be that kind of doctor; the name marks the talking training, not the medical degree.

They are not automatically a psychiatrist他們不等於就是精神科醫師 A psychiatrist is a medical doctor精神科醫師是醫生 who treats mental illness治療精神疾病 often with medicine常常用藥物治療 A psychoanalyst may or may not be that kind of doctor精神分析師不一定是這種醫生 the name marks the talking training這個名稱標示的是談話治療的訓練 not the medical degree而不是醫學學位

Some people are both.

Some people are both有些人兩者都是

You meet the word in books and in older or more specialist talk about therapy. In everyday Taiwan you are more likely to hear 心理師 or 精神科醫師; psychoanalyst names a more specific kind of therapist.

You meet the word你會在 in books and in older or more specialist talk about therapy書裡，以及較舊或較專業的心理治療討論中遇到這個字 In everyday Taiwan在台灣日常生活中 you are more likely to hear 心理師 or 精神科醫師你比較常聽到的是「心理師」或「精神科醫師」 psychoanalyst names a more specific kind of therapist而「psychoanalyst」指的是更特定的一種治療師