Closed petition Legally Protect the titles 'Psychotherapist' and 'Counsellor' for Safeguarding
The professional titles 'Psychotherapist' and 'Counsellor' should be protected in law, so only registered professionals can use these titles. At present, people can use these professional titles, and offer unregulated and unskilled treatment to individuals who may be vulnerable and in crisis.
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With an increasing number of individuals seeking privately-funded psychotherapy for the first time, especially after the pandemic, surely, protecting these titles in law will only serve to protect the most vulnerable people going through a mental health crisis.
If there are legal safeguards against people from calling themselves a 'General Practitioner', then why shouldn't there be similar safeguards in the mental health sector?
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