Post by Logan on Jun 13, 2016 13:34:21 GMT -6
A Politico Calls Herself a Psychologist, Protected Under the First Amendment
Licensing officials in Texas thought they knew what a psychologist was. But a federal court disagrees.
This difference in opinion has opened up the very definition of the term. So, what does it mean to be a psychologist and who gets to say if someone is – or isn’t– one?
Alana Rocha, reporter for the Texas Tribune, says a state Senate seat up for grabs brought this issue to light: Mary Louise Serafine, an Austin-area attorney, said on her campaign website that she was a psychologist.
“That phrase caught the eye of the Texas Psychological Association, who then filed a complaint with the licensing board,” she says, “and ran it up to the AG’s office who issued a cease-and-desist for her to stop calling herself a psychologist without license to do so.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/a-politico-calls-herself-a-psychologist-protected-under-the-first-amendment/#
Licensing officials in Texas thought they knew what a psychologist was. But a federal court disagrees.
This difference in opinion has opened up the very definition of the term. So, what does it mean to be a psychologist and who gets to say if someone is – or isn’t– one?
Alana Rocha, reporter for the Texas Tribune, says a state Senate seat up for grabs brought this issue to light: Mary Louise Serafine, an Austin-area attorney, said on her campaign website that she was a psychologist.
“That phrase caught the eye of the Texas Psychological Association, who then filed a complaint with the licensing board,” she says, “and ran it up to the AG’s office who issued a cease-and-desist for her to stop calling herself a psychologist without license to do so.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/a-politico-calls-herself-a-psychologist-protected-under-the-first-amendment/#