Editorial

摘要

It was in 2023 that 'traditional' therapy and counselling finally became illegal under thenew Social Fraud Act, leaving New Therapy in command of the field. Looking back, thishad probably been inevitable since the state regulation of psychotherapy and counsellingin 2014 (delayed from 2010 by the inevitable hitches and glitches): once the state took onthe job of policing therapy, its definition of what was acceptable was bound to becomeincreasingly draconian, as therapy was adjusted to fit concepts and standards that the civilservice could comprehend and administer.