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However, it is a fact that psychotherapists and counsellors are not regulated by law. Anyone is entitled to set up in practice styling themselves as psychotherapists or counsellors, and that latitude has enabled many to abuse the trust of those who come to them for help. I say that that latitude is regrettable. The United Kingdom is unusual in this. In America, therapists in every state need to be licensed. In a European context, practising therapists are usually asked for a document known as the European Certificate of Psychotherapy. Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands all require training and registration as a psychotherapist before anyone can practice as such.