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Originally Posted by brillskep
I my country too there are rules to have continuing training throughout the whole professional life as a psychotherapist. But having good training is another issue ... one would have to pick good quality training programs and also really learn something. A lack of ethics is indeed a matter of education and that can be fixed, but it can also be a matter of lifestyle and personality traits and that would be better addressed in personal therapy than in training, I think. I think a combination of ongoing therapy/training/supervision is optimal, but with so many different standards, licensing bodies, associations, schools, etc, I find that the formal requirements can be evaded by those who aren't truly motivated to do their best and keep growing. I think it's a sad reality in some cases.
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I think that the training and supervision is important as well. I think certain Ts get into a comfort zone and either knowingly or unknowingly they can develop habits which can cause a negative effect during session. I think that the supervision and training can probably bring these negative habits to a therapists awareness of he or she was unaware. Perhaps for those that just do it because they can its a reminder that certain things should be avoided during session. I think certain Ts take advantage of the power and Liberty that they have in session and sometimes they exploit them. Of course this wouldn't work in every case but hopefully diminish the amount of issues that clients encounter.