Currently there is no legal obstacle to practitioners calling themselves family therapists even if they are not properly accredited.
The association has raised concerns that families seeking therapy may be given the impression they are seeing fully trained and qualified professionals, when in fact services and staff are using the terms without completion of an accredited family therapy clinical training course.
A statement by the association said: “Practitioners entering into an AFT-accredited course already have a prior professional qualification in a health and social care related profession, so come into the field with a great deal of experience in working with vulnerable children, young people and their families.
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