TY - JOUR
AU1 - Lees, John
AU2 - Tovey, Phil
AB -  The counselling and psychotherapy profession is undergoing considerable change as a result of government intervention in the form of regulation, funding and efficacy research. In this paper we argue that these changes, even though they challenge some of the basic ways of thinking which have come to underpin the profession since its inception, also offer an opportunity to stimulate debate and thought in regard to how the profession might contribute to the development of healthcare systems in the future. We argue that this could be enhanced if therapists can learn from the experience of practitioners in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), which has been experiencing similar changes in recent years. Indeed, both fields of clinical activity adopt many similar underlying clinical principles and, according to Samuels (2001), have similar political outlooks. With reference to anthroposophic psychotherapy which, as well as being a form of psychotherapy, is also part of a ‘whole systems’ approach to CAM, we will examine those characteristics of psychotherapy and CAM that can inform the thinking of healthcare systems as a whole. 
TI - Counselling and psychotherapy, complementary and alternative medicine and the future of healthcare
JF - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2011.621520
DA - 2012-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/counselling-and-psychotherapy-complementary-and-alternative-medicine-6tCYMPAsM3
SP - 67
EP - 81
VL - 40
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -