College of Registered Psychotherapists

The new College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario (CRPO) has been proclaimed by the Government of Ontario as of April 1, 2015. This is a significant step in the ongoing process of regulating Psychotherapy in Ontario and will bring our recognition up to par with some of the other Canadian provinces.

The CRPO mandate is to work on behalf of the public (not the Psychotherapists) and to ensure that competency, ongoing training, types of practice, and ethical regulations are maintained within the Psychotherapy and mental health practice in Ontario.

“Anyone who wishes to use the title, “psychotherapist” (or an abbreviation of that title), or who holds him/herself out as qualified to practice as a psychotherapist in Ontario must become registered, unless they are already a member of one of the other regulated professions whose members may practice psychotherapy.”

“Many will be wondering about the implications of this postponement and why it is necessary. Given that the controlled act is very broad, it has caused many mental health service providers to see themselves as possibly involved in performing this activity, thus requiring registration with the new College. Postponement of the controlled act will allow time to develop a better understanding of its meaning and implications. In the meantime, child and youth workers, addiction counsellors and mental health workers may continue to provide services without concerns about the proposed controlled act.”

I encourage you to visit the web page for the College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario for more detailed information.

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Paul is a Family Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Reiki Master with a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology who has been working with clients in Peterborough Ontario and surrounding area since the late 1990s. Over the years he has been involved in family & individual counselling and has received training in diverse and esoteric practices such as Hypnosis, Shamanic Journeying, Remote Viewing, Reiki, Philosophy, Integral Theory, and Spirituality, to name a few.
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