Psychotherapy/Counselling- Starting out, help!

For what it is worth axer, I generally agree with hotspur on this one, there is a huge amount of 'sillyness' aroound, except it is sometimes difficult to describe it as 'sillyness' when the issue is so serious.

Whereas I absolutely welcome the notion of regulation, I'm not absolutely convinced that statutory regulation will be a panacea for all ills, but to be frank something needs do be done to ensure that appropriate standards apply.

In my experience, the level of petty bitchiness that goes on between many of the professional bodies serves nobody's interest and I personally would weelcome someone knocking a few heads together (metaphorically of course). Many individuals as opposed to groups behave in ways towards each other that wouldn't instill confidence and doesn't provide much of a role model to individuals with whom counsellors or psychotherapists work.