>In Germany until a few years ago you could practice as a psychotherapist after doing your Master's (which included a large practical component.) Now they tacke

>In Germany until a few years ago you could practice as a psychotherapist after doing your Master's (which included a large practical component.) Now they tacked on more post graduation training time. I think in the special German case this was made to allow for more career switching - I have a relative who has a diploma in Pedagogy, he took one of the new short psychotherapy courses ("post graduation training time") and is now a certified child psychologist, a career that was before this new course impossible for him without the prior psychology degrees.