Magazine article
Psychology belongs to everyone, but what about psychotherapy? A discussion of the undervaluing and professional capture of psychotherapy in Australia
The Science of Psychotherapy, Vol.February 2022, pp.41-47
Summer 2021
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Abstract
Australia has made a huge investment in mental health through subsidised medical and psychological services in primary care. However, subsidised psychotherapy of any degree of sophistication
is rarely available in the right dose, at the right time, or delivered by people that have advanced
training in psychotherapy. Indeed, in Australia, psychotherapy is not part of the public discourse
about treatment and is often conflated with or presumed to be the same as psychology. This article
discusses the Australian funding context and argues that psychotherapy needs to be valued at least
as highly as medicines and assume its rightful position as essential ‘treatment’ commensurate with
its evidence base.
Details
- Title
- Psychology belongs to everyone, but what about psychotherapy? A discussion of the undervaluing and professional capture of psychotherapy in Australia
- Creators
- Richard Lakeman - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Science of Psychotherapy, Vol.February 2022, pp.41-47
- Identifiers
- 991012993998702368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Nursing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article