Private therapy in Britain is booming and largely unregulated
Would tighter rules make sense?
IF A QUACK sets up shop in Britain, calls himself a doctor of medicine and is reported, he is likely to end up regretting it. “Doctor”, along with other professional health titles from “art therapist” to “hearing-aid dispenser”, is protected in law. Pretenders face unlimited fines. Yet “therapist” (including the “psycho-” sort) is not. Anyone can do a weekend counselling course—or not bother with one at all—and take paying patients.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Talk talk”
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