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Hey everyone-
I just found out that one of the therapists who has been referring me patients for meds isn't licensed. Her degree is actually in ENGLISH, of all things. I had asked her earlier why she didn't bill insurance and her answer at that point was, "it's just too much of a hassle." I actually accepted that as a reasonable answer, so now I am feeling that I was lied to in addition to everything else. I am seeing 3 of her clients for meds and my impression of her based on her clients is she's not that great of a therapist. That's fine . . . I don't think she's awful or boundary-impaired or anything malpractice-worthy. Just not that effective. And certainly there are people with whom I work who are licensed whom I'm not all that impressed by either.
This has been pretty eye-opening for me. I didn't even realize people were out there advertising themselves and doing therapy without a license aside from "life coaching." I didn't realize it was even legal. Is it? I have a call in to my insurance company's risk management number, so I am going to run the whole scenario by them to see what I should do about it, but I was wondering if anyone else had experience with this sort of thing or any general opinions/experiences/advice.
Thanks!
SL
I just found out that one of the therapists who has been referring me patients for meds isn't licensed. Her degree is actually in ENGLISH, of all things. I had asked her earlier why she didn't bill insurance and her answer at that point was, "it's just too much of a hassle." I actually accepted that as a reasonable answer, so now I am feeling that I was lied to in addition to everything else. I am seeing 3 of her clients for meds and my impression of her based on her clients is she's not that great of a therapist. That's fine . . . I don't think she's awful or boundary-impaired or anything malpractice-worthy. Just not that effective. And certainly there are people with whom I work who are licensed whom I'm not all that impressed by either.
This has been pretty eye-opening for me. I didn't even realize people were out there advertising themselves and doing therapy without a license aside from "life coaching." I didn't realize it was even legal. Is it? I have a call in to my insurance company's risk management number, so I am going to run the whole scenario by them to see what I should do about it, but I was wondering if anyone else had experience with this sort of thing or any general opinions/experiences/advice.
Thanks!
SL