And they also take their time in allowing properly licensed practitioners be placed on their panel, even when they were on the panel in another state. The famous quote of the Clinton administration could become "It's the insurance companies, stupid.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:01:21 -0600 >From: "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [tips] Can anyone call him/herself a psychotherapist? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >Isn't it also true though, that third party payers will only pay for services >provided by a licensed individual? That would seem to make it a moot point. >Carol > > > >Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >Chair, Department of Psychology >St. Ambrose University >518 West Locust Street >Davenport, Iowa 52803 > >Phone: 563-333-6482 >e-mail: [email protected] >web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > >The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with >anyone without permission of the sender. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Mon 11/2/2009 2:14 PM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >Subject: Re: [tips] Can anyone call him/herself a psychotherapist? > >I think it's probably true in canada as well. > >I know of one "hypnotherapist" in toronto who has a B.A. in psych. >I know of several who have an Med. >And I have known one who had no official qualification whatsoever but >who had read a lot about dream interpretation and ran a counselling >service. > >--Mike > >On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This would be a matter of state law; as far as I know your statement is >> correct for Minnesota. >> On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Paul Okami wrote: >> >> My understanding is that in the UK, Canada, and the USA, anyone can call him >> or herself a "therapist" or "psychotherapist" and practice, as long as that >> person does not claim to be licensed, use the word "psychologist" or >> "Doctor" and so forth. I'm virtually positive this was true at one time, >> and various web sites claim that it is true, but recently someone challenged >> this statement and told me that at least in some states the law requires >> anyone claiming to be a therapist to be licensed. >> >> Does anyone know about this with some measure of certainty? >> >> Thanks, >> Paul Okami >> >> Paul Brandon >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology >> Minnesota State University, Mankato >> [email protected] >> >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >> > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >________________>TNEF60169.rtf (3k bytes) . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct at Germanna CC, Fredericksburg, VA [email protected] . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
