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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9282382" data-attributes="member: 4348">It doesn't claim to make you a therapist though.&nbsp; It is a program that gives you more tools designed for those who are already therapists and have degrees or certifications in that field.It IS a certification, but a certification is NOT therapy.&nbsp; A similar certification would be for being a music host in recreational therapy.&nbsp; That doesn't make you a recreational Therapist or even a qualified musical recreational therapist, it means that you have taken a few classes and passed a test on how music can help patients with music and if you do not have a degree, that you can help a registered recreational therapist in that area.I didn't see anywhere where it claims that you are a certified psychologist or even social worker or sociologist after getting the certification.&nbsp; It is another tool in your toolbox.It may give you a few credit hours and a certificate.&nbsp; It by no means replaces a degree and I don't see anywhere that it claims it does.People are looking for a reason to discredit this type of approach because they cannot believe that Roleplaying is actually used in Mental Health and Mental health therapy and that there is actually certification programs out there surrounding it.There are other programs like this one out there (under different names in several cases and some appear cheaper or as college credit hours/college classes), this is not the only one of it's kind (unless you want the exact terminology of the course and it's name which could be trademarked for some reason).&nbsp; Many are offered at colleges as a class one can take.&nbsp; In addition, this one is NOT just some fellow who comes out of nowhere, but was crafted by an actual Psychologist to be tailored to how they see it works best.Most of us are not Psychologist here and calling one a sham just because one doesn't like the lawsuit sounds rather...hostile to psychology to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9282382, member: 4348"] It doesn't claim to make you a therapist though. It is a program that gives you more tools designed for those who are already therapists and have degrees or certifications in that field. It IS a certification, but a certification is NOT therapy. A similar certification would be for being a music host in recreational therapy. That doesn't make you a recreational Therapist or even a qualified musical recreational therapist, it means that you have taken a few classes and passed a test on how music can help patients with music and if you do not have a degree, that you can help a registered recreational therapist in that area. I didn't see anywhere where it claims that you are a certified psychologist or even social worker or sociologist after getting the certification. It is another tool in your toolbox. It may give you a few credit hours and a certificate. It by no means replaces a degree and I don't see anywhere that it claims it does. People are looking for a reason to discredit this type of approach because they cannot believe that Roleplaying is actually used in Mental Health and Mental health therapy and that there is actually certification programs out there surrounding it. There are other programs like this one out there (under different names in several cases and some appear cheaper or as college credit hours/college classes), this is not the only one of it's kind (unless you want the exact terminology of the course and it's name which could be trademarked for some reason). Many are offered at colleges as a class one can take. In addition, this one is NOT just some fellow who comes out of nowhere, but was crafted by an actual Psychologist to be tailored to how they see it works best. Most of us are not Psychologist here and calling one a sham just because one doesn't like the lawsuit sounds rather...hostile to psychology to me. [/QUOTE]

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