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It's like the difference between "coding" and "programming"?

• jessaustin 11y ago
  IOW, a totally arbitrary idiosyncratic theory invented on the spot by whomever happens to be talking about it? [EDIT: referring more to parent than grandparent, although the case for the counselor/therapist divide is not obvious either]
  • DanBC 11y ago
    Wait what. Counseling is mostly unregulated with practioners who have very little training. There's not much evidence base and what evidence there is is either weak, or suggests not to use counselling. Modern (and I recognise some terrible practice used to happen) tries to have regulation through professional registration and protected names; and tries to work to an evidence based model. I agree that therapy as evidence based treatment is fairly new and there there are still many terrible therapists.