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STATUTORY REGULATION: SHRINK‐WRAPPING PSYCHOTHERAPY
Author(s) -
Postle Denis
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2000.tb00525.x
Subject(s) - statutory law , dissent , psychology , power (physics) , welfare , psychotherapist , law , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
This paper offers a series of propositions about how power has been deployed in the field of UK psycho‐practice and draws conclusions about the value of statutory regulation of psychotherapy. The failure by organizations pursuing statutory regulation to engage with dissent is examined and some of the elements of this dissent are outlined. The coercive nature of the power relations intrinsic to statutory regulation are evaluated with regard to their effects on client welfare.