[tealBumblebee]

What is it? What is it in comparison to a counselor/therapist or pDoc?

[Rzay4]

Wow haven't heard of that. Maybe try google search.

[tealBumblebee]

I tried googling it. All i could understand was that it was a certified position. The person whose told me this is their new career makes it sound equivalent to a counselor/therapist and ...tbh for my own judgemental reasons... I just wonder about this...

[unaluna]

It's only valid in a few states, like 10 or so. It said like in New York only 20 percent of your staff can be this. You don't need a degree.

I can see it if it is used to certify existing peer counselors, rather than replacing existing ts?

[tealBumblebee]

Originally Posted by hankster

It's only valid in a few states, like 10 or so. It said like in New York only 20 percent of your staff can be this. You don't need a degree.

I can see it if it is used to certify existing peer counselors, rather than replacing existing ts?

Gotcha. Interesting. I just couldn't figure it out and he wasn't giving me clear answers; made it sound kind of sketchy. Sounds good though I wouldn't trade my T in for one. Thanks!

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by tealBumblebee

Gotcha. Interesting. I just couldn't figure it out and he wasn't giving me clear answers; made it sound kind of sketchy. Sounds good though I wouldn't trade my T in for one. Thanks!

Just thought of this this morning - like a paralegal, only for therapy! They can do intake and lead groups and have core competencies related to rehabilitation.

[tealBumblebee]

Originally Posted by hankster

Just thought of this this morning - like a paralegal, only for therapy! They can do intake and lead groups and have core competencies related to rehabilitation.

Hey thats perfect!!! Makes so much more sense when you put it that way! Okay. Much better. Sorry, I just don't trust everyone doing things that I think only T's and pDocs should be doing - but I get it when you put it this way!

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by tealBumblebee

What is it? What is it in comparison to a counselor/therapist or pDoc?

its kind of like having a governing board /treatment team that over sees the ethics and decision making on a case. no decisions about a case unless all members of the team agree that the solution is ethical and what is in the best interest of the client.

example a client may or may not need inpatient care. the team meet, talk about the case and make the final decision together whether the client needs inpatient and how to go about doing so in a way that does not infringe on the clients ethical rights.

another example a client may or may not need physical contact with their therapist....hand holding, hugs, sitting next to....the treatment team meet, discuss the problem and whether and how the clients needs are /can be met in an ethical manner, that wont be misconstrued by the client.

this treatment team consists of between 8-15 mental health professionals.

some locations are calling this way of working with a client .....treatment teams....others call it .....psychiatric rehabilitation....

in some locations the therapist that meets the certification requirements that enables them to be on this panel of professionals is said to be a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner other locations they dont give their panel of team treatment providers a title.

[Perna]

It's not necessarily certified, just can be. It's anyone who works to helps someone adjust between hospital/inpatient/serious mental illness and community, could be a group home worker or an occupational therapist of some sort, a social worker or college intake counselor, etc. Because it is a broad field, the association was formed and certification, etc. it just gives the idea more shape/form.

It's like saying the word "nurse", where we know there are LPN's, RN's, nurse practitioners, psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurses who work in nursing homes, nursing aides, etc. Nursing Specialties | Nursing License Map

This more or less gathers anyone helping in psychiatric rehabilitation together. Helps trains those without much education or training but interest as well as can give a title/certification to some who may have degrees but not that show obvious "intent", might help them get more specific jobs, etc.

[unaluna]

I was talking to my t about it today. Since the google sites mentioned the army so often, I wondered if it might be up and coming for the VA, like for dealing with PTSD.

[splitimage]

Here in ON, it's a college postgraduate specialization certificate for people who have under grad degrees in psychology or social work. They mostly work in community case management. My case manager is one, and her objective is to help keep me out of the hospital, and link me up with resources in the community.

splitimage

[tealBumblebee]

Originally Posted by splitimage

Here in ON, it's a college postgraduate specialization certificate for people who have under grad degrees in psychology or social work. They mostly work in community case management. My case manager is one, and her objective is to help keep me out of the hospital, and link me up with resources in the community.

splitimage

As in she links you up to a t or pdoc if needed, or she talks to you and gets you through the rough times like a T?