The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice.
I an curious whether there is a mechanism for the licensure board for counselors to revoke licenses for those who engage in knowingly harmful practices? Or is that not a thing in Colorado?
i would imagine the state professional org could strip licensing based on their own professional requirements, in the way that any medical doctor could lose their license to practice by being a dangerous quack.
but that only goes so far, as cranks can still go to quacks and quacks can still treat them as long as they disclose their lack of licensure and avoid claiming associated clinical terminology. or being caught “practicing medicine”, so to speak.
ive also heard that state licensing boards can be cowardly about booting out member groups out, like we’ve seen with some shithead doctors in Texas being antivax and not being obliterated from the roles.
apparently, these professional associations are not a great way to protect the public. rather, they are kind of a last ditch to protect the members and their reputations from a lone, dangerous quack and not a way to stop a form of treatment some amount of members have bought into.
that’s my analysis anyway. public health seems in complete contradiction to capitalism, so the courts seem predisposed to protect dangerous cranks, evil charlatans, and snake oil sellers if they have a lot of capital in their corner, backing their bullshit.
Right, the US government is also not a great way to protect the public as we see here so I’m kind of grasping at options. I think it would be easier for activists to focus on the professional orgs than the government directly, but as you said, the concept of public health is not particularly compatible with capitalism at the core.
“Counselor” is the legal cutout for people who are doing the job of a shrink but without any of the training, professionalism, licensure, or oversight you might hope for from someone in that role.
That’s the thing, we already have licensed, protected types of mental health professionals. But these so-called “counselors” are an end run around that whole system to allow KKKri$$tians and other evil death cultists to pose as mental health professionals in order to prey on vulnerable people.
I an curious whether there is a mechanism for the licensure board for counselors to revoke licenses for those who engage in knowingly harmful practices? Or is that not a thing in Colorado?
i would imagine the state professional org could strip licensing based on their own professional requirements, in the way that any medical doctor could lose their license to practice by being a dangerous quack.
but that only goes so far, as cranks can still go to quacks and quacks can still treat them as long as they disclose their lack of licensure and avoid claiming associated clinical terminology. or being caught “practicing medicine”, so to speak.
ive also heard that state licensing boards can be cowardly about booting out member groups out, like we’ve seen with some shithead doctors in Texas being antivax and not being obliterated from the roles.
apparently, these professional associations are not a great way to protect the public. rather, they are kind of a last ditch to protect the members and their reputations from a lone, dangerous quack and not a way to stop a form of treatment some amount of members have bought into.
that’s my analysis anyway. public health seems in complete contradiction to capitalism, so the courts seem predisposed to protect dangerous cranks, evil charlatans, and snake oil sellers if they have a lot of capital in their corner, backing their bullshit.
Right, the US government is also not a great way to protect the public as we see here so I’m kind of grasping at options. I think it would be easier for activists to focus on the professional orgs than the government directly, but as you said, the concept of public health is not particularly compatible with capitalism at the core.
professional associations protect the prestige of the profession
sometimes i say a lot of words when like 9 will do it.
“Counselor” is the legal cutout for people who are doing the job of a shrink but without any of the training, professionalism, licensure, or oversight you might hope for from someone in that role.
Right maybe it should be better protected like law, engineering, or medicine?
That’s the thing, we already have licensed, protected types of mental health professionals. But these so-called “counselors” are an end run around that whole system to allow KKKri$$tians and other evil death cultists to pose as mental health professionals in order to prey on vulnerable people.