37. You Can Be a Therapist for $16 (with Jordan Dunbar)

Very Bad Therapy

English - January 27, 2020 08:30 - 41 minutes - 40.2 MB - ★★★★ - 318 ratings
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In the UK, anyone with $16 can become a certified psychotherapist and begin seeing clients immediately. If this sounds surprising, imagine how clients feel when they have a bad experience and realize their therapist is not governed by any regulatory body. BBC presenter Jordan Dunbar joins us to share his own stories of bad therapy and his surprising findings from investigating the lack of regulation around UK mental health services.

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