Professionalising psychotherapy: Lessons from the development of psychiatry

Authors: Ikkos, George¹; Mace, Chris²

Source: European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling & Health, Volume 11, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 161-172(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Psychotherapy is at a critical point in its evolution. While its practitioners remain disparate and divided, they are considering their professional identity more seriously than ever before. Psychiatry represents a closely related profession whose sense of professionalism is changing as its contract with society appears to be shifting. If psychotherapists are to establish a professional identity that is clear and widely shared and accepted, this is also likely to need to reflect a wider implicit contract. Some implications of this comparison for future changes in how psychotherapists work are explored.

Keywords: psychotherapy; psychiatry; professionalism; professionalisation; history of psychiatry

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642530903119223

Affiliations: 1: Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison Psychiatry and Director of Medical Education, Barnet Enfield and Haringey MH NHS Trust, 2: Consultant Psychotherapist, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and Honorary Professor in Psychotherapy, University of Warwick, UK

Publication date: 2009-06-01

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