I agree with a lot of suggestions made here in order to protect clients. Lots of good ideas. The thing is, I don't see how any of that would ever be implemented because therapists have zero interest in changing the system. Why would they? It's too good a gig. They get to claim credit anytime someone "benefits" (however vague that is) from therapy, they get to blame and dismiss clients when it goes wrong, the "training" is ridiculously easy (the recurring joke is that people who fail medical school and law school go then study psychology) and they get to be loved, adored and worshipped by their clients. In my country two years ago, the governement decided to make psychotherapy safer for clients since it's not a protected profession and any charlatan/cult member/guru can claim to be a psychotherapist. What happened? Well psychotherapists campaigned and demonstrated against that project of law. Claiming it was outrageous they were now recquired to have a university degree. How outrageous! And they managed to bury that law. Even though it was to protect clients and make that profession safer and more legitimate. Even though therapists all claim to have their clients's best interests at heart. So yeah I don't believe for a second that therapists have any desire to change the system that benefits them.