Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32259
Counselling and Psychiatry
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 26 February 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) psychotherapy and (b) counselling professionals operating without a protected title on patients.
Answer
Karin SmythPsychotherapists and counsellors are not statutorily regulated. Where a health profession is regulated by law, this normally allows for a professional’s title to be protected in law, making it a criminal offence for someone to practise or use a protected ...
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