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But you can understand how someone who spent 8 years in doctoral and postdoctoral training could get a bit irritated at the suggestion that all that training was for naught because, say, an LPC has "been there, done that."
"I can do everything you do" is the complement of "anything you can do, I can do better," no?
I completely agree. I am not defending those that claim equivalency. Believe me, it frustrates me too, because I think they make mid-levels look bad. I just like to be here to defend against what I think is "over-correct" hahaha. I also understand (but don't agree with) those mid-levels claiming equivalency because they were led by employers to think they are practicing within their scope. Some people don't question authority, and believe if their employer tasks them with it, then it's within their scope. I'm side-eyeing you skeezy non-profit agencies... I think it's important to remember in practice the world sometimes looks different than the situations we debate here. I think that's why I like working alongside the medical world. Roles are very well defined, and phrases like "scope of practice" and "operating at the top of one's license" are fully understood and encouraged to be put in daily practice.