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Lawsuit against Hidden Lake Academy should make Hyde nervous
Surfer Mouse:
http://www.masspsy.com/leading/0703_ne_unlawful.html
“To try to ensure the quality of practice, the Massachusetts Psychological Association has also filed legislation to restrict the use of the term "psychotherapist" to only those practitioners whose licenses have psychotherapy within their scope of practice. . . As of now, anyone can present himself as a psychotherapist.
In New Hampshire, the issue of who can provide psychological services and under what circumstances is being considered. Currently, people without a license are prohibited from calling themselves by the five specified titles - psychologist, pastoral psychotherapist, clinical social worker, clinical mental health counselor, marriage or family therapist - that are recognized by the state's Board of Mental Health Practice. (It is also unlawful for an unlicensed person to represent himself as a "psychotherapist").
However, an exception to the state's licensing law allows "alternative" providers to practice "mental health services" without a license and without registering with the licensing board.
A bill now under discussion would eliminate the category of alternative provider and require those who now practice under this category to register with the board. All such future practitioners, meanwhile, would need to obtain a license, although the new bill does not state whether the license would need to apply to one of the five specific categories designated by the Board of Mental Health Practice.
If the license does need to be tied to one of the five categories, the bill "would be a big step forward," says Sandy Rose, Ph.D., president of the New Hampshire Psychological Association. However, she adds, the requirement that current alternative providers register with the licensing board "is deceptive, as registration implies oversight and there remains no regulation of practice for these providers." Rose and others would like to see the bill amended so that this group of providers would be subject to the same regulation to which all other practitioners are bound.
In Maine, meanwhile, complaints of a person practicing psychology without a license are followed up by a standard investigation process, says Jeri Betts, administrator of the state's Department of Professional & Financial Regulation, which encompasses the Office of Licensing & Registration. If the licensing office receives such a complaint, the complaint is docketed and investigated and then may be dismissed or referred to the Attorney General's office. The licensing office may also send a warning to an unlicensed person who is practicing, advising him to stop or to apply for a license. For this course of action, she says, "there has to be solid evidence, not just hearsay."
Addressing unlawful practice depends upon such cases being reported. "Our oversight begins with the filing of an application [for a license]," Betts explains. She adds that she does not recall a case in Maine as extreme as Tama Judd's. "Most often with us, a person might have failed to renew a license or has come to the state wanting to work but has failed to get a license, when he or she might be licensed in another state," she says.”
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I would suspect that Hyde School with it’s focus on “Character Education” would fall under the category of “alternative provider” and since they neither claim to be a “therapeutic” program or claim to employ “clinical staff” they would not be held to that standard. While many students may have mental health issues it seems from what I have read from previous posts that “therapeutic” and “clinical” counseling and medication management if referred out to local counseling/mental health professionals or students have their own medication management from home. I have to wonder why a parent of a child with serious emotional and/or mental health issues would send their child to a school that readily admits from the outset that they have no qualified, trained staff in these matters!
::drummer::
Ursus:
The case mentioned in the above article (Tama Judd) is linked somehow to another case that came to light in Massachusetts shortly after the above "hit the press." In the latter case, a woman practiced as a psychologist, but with a degree obtained online, which was not recognized by the licensing board. I remember reading that if only she had touted herself as a psychotherapist, she would not have run amok of the powers that be...
Ursus:
--- Quote from: ""Surfer Mouse"" ---I would suspect that Hyde School with it’s focus on “Character Education” would fall under the category of “alternative provider” and since they neither claim to be a “therapeutic” program or claim to employ “clinical staff” they would not be held to that standard. While many students may have mental health issues it seems from what I have read from previous posts that “therapeutic” and “clinical” counseling and medication management if referred out to local counseling/mental health professionals or students have their own medication management from home. I have to wonder why a parent of a child with serious emotional and/or mental health issues would send their child to a school that readily admits from the outset that they have no qualified, trained staff in these matters!
::drummer::
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They try to change the language. They offer parents the illusion that the "problem" their child is experiencing need not be addressed by "that blood-sucking psycho establishment. "
blove82 passed along that mindset, however innocently:
--- Quote from: ""blove82"" ---You don't need a Psychology or Psychiatry degree to help someone, all that matters is that you care and are speaking from experience.
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Seminars are not "group therapy" but "character education." Your child is not "depressed," he/she is suffering from not striving for his best. Likewise for self-esteem issues. Etc. etc.
Sorry, but rope-climbing challenges and character assassination just don't cut it for me, as far as addressing some of the above.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---The case mentioned in the above article (Tama Judd) is linked somehow to another case that came to light in Massachusetts shortly after the above "hit the press." In the latter case, a woman practiced as a psychologist, but with a degree obtained online, which was not recognized by the licensing board. I remember reading that if only she had touted herself as a psychotherapist, she would not have run amok of the powers that be...
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There have been several posts by Gary Eskow, who, I think, filed a lawsuit against Hyde. He may know of other lawsuits filed against Hyde.
Ursus:
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--- Quote from: ""Ursus"" ---The case mentioned in the above article (Tama Judd) is linked somehow to another case that came to light in Massachusetts shortly after the above "hit the press." In the latter case, a woman practiced as a psychologist, but with a degree obtained online, which was not recognized by the licensing board. I remember reading that if only she had touted herself as a psychotherapist, she would not have run amok of the powers that be...
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There have been several posts by Gary Eskow, who, I think, filed a lawsuit against Hyde. He may know of other lawsuits filed against Hyde.
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Just in case there is any confusion: the case referred to by Surfer Mouse and the second case which I brought up were not cases involving Hyde. They were cases involving people who were practicing as psychologists but who, in fact, were not licensed as such.
The parallel was being drawn to Hyde's practicing some type of "alternative" therapy, sans having anyone on board who has any professional training in such a thing.
As to your bringing up the question of the number of lawsuits, I'd be very curious to learn the full scope of said answer myself. Haven't heard from Gary in a while. Perhaps he is currently in a reading-only mode...
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