thesis is required in NZ

[HV Psychodrama]

Dear Peter,
  In the US every state has its own licensure requirements. Most require a 
master's degree with several thousand hours of supervised practice. Some 
master's programs require a thesis; mine did. Others don't. But no one gets 
their primary professional training in psychodrama anymore...it is usually 
done at a post graduate institution. Or people get it before they go off to 
graduate school, but the graduate degree is what allows them to be licensed, 
not the psychodrama certification.

We are working with Empire State College to offer an undergraduate degree 
that includes a lot of psychodrama, but this still will not entitle people 
to work as a therapist...for that they will need their masters or higher in 
social work, counseling, etc.

Rebecca


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Haworth" <Peter at psychodrama.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "'Jenny Wilson'" <jenny at blennerhassett.gen.nz>; <List at grouptalkweb.org>; 
"'thana ag'" <anathga at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: thesis is required in NZ


>I am amazed that no written work is required in US as this is far away from
> how things have developed in the UK after Zerka advised us in the 1980's 
> not
> to copy the US TEP system.
>
> We strive here to have similar standards to the whole range of 
> psychotherapy
> modalies via the United Kingdom Council for Psychothererapy, all
> psychotherapy trainings in UK require a Masters level of cpompetence and
> this includes a 16,000 word plus thesis. This is also the case with all 
> the
> other European Training organisations through accreditation by FEPTO and 
> the
> European Association of Psychotherapy.
>
> US now seems to be majorly lagging behind the rest of the world?
>
> This would mean that US trained psychodramatists would not be able to work
> in the UK after the introduction of statutory registration of
> psychotherapists in 2011-12.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jenny Wilson
> Sent: 16 August 2009 21:48
> To: List at grouptalkweb.org; thana ag
> Subject: thesis is required in NZ
>
>
> Hi
>
> Watching the conversation about writing with interest. In NZ we have a
> requirement for a thesis to be written before sitting practical
> assessment for certification. This often leads to journal articles for
> the ANZPA journal with authors writing an article on their thesis topic.
>
> My own thesis on CBT and psychodrama is currently in the
> marking/revision process. I enjoyed the initial researching and writing
> a great deal. I am finding the marking and revising challenging, but a
> necessary part of the process I guess.
>
> Regards
> Jenny Wilson
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