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Article: The Behavioral Health Professional: A Mental Health Professional Identity Model For the 22nd Century.(accreditation)
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- Counseling and Human Development
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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When consumers of mental health services want to choose providers, confusion reigns supreme. Does one call a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a professional counselor, a social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a creative arts therapist, or other type of behavioral health professional? Does the consumer's insurance cover certain types of providers but not others? If so, why? What, if any, are the qualitative differences among these various professional identities?
Except for the most chauvinist of professional identities, practicing and referring professionals probably would agree that competent mental health professionals are worth their weight in gold ...