04Clinicians
Who you would be working with, and how you can check it
Profiles are published on this site only once a professional's name, title, registration and areas of practice have been verified in writing. Until then, no profile appears, because an unverified biography is worse than an empty page.
Directory status
No individual clinician profiles are published at present. When you enquire, you are told who would be seeing you, their role and where their registration can be checked, before an appointment is arranged.
Professional roles
These titles are not interchangeable, and the differences are worth knowing
Registered or licensed psychologist
Holds a postgraduate qualification in psychology and registration or licensure with the psychology regulator in their jurisdiction. Depending on that jurisdiction and their own training, the role may include formal psychological assessment as well as therapy.
Title is protected in many jurisdictions.
Psychotherapist
Trained specifically in psychotherapeutic work, usually over several years including supervised practice. Regulation differs widely by country: in some places the title is statutorily protected, in others it is held through a professional association.
Ask which body holds the registration.
Counsellor
Trained in counselling and typically accredited by a professional body. Work is often focused and time-limited, though this varies with the individual practitioner's training and experience.
Accreditation varies by body.
Clinical social worker
Holds a social-work qualification and, where the jurisdiction provides for it, a clinical designation permitting therapeutic practice. Often brings a strong grounding in the social and practical context around a person.
Scope depends on local designation.
Marriage and family therapist
Trained in relational and systemic work with couples and families. Where the jurisdiction licenses this role, licensure is held in addition to the underlying qualification.
Recognised as a distinct licence in some jurisdictions only.
Psychiatrist
A medical doctor specialising in psychiatry, able to assess, diagnose and prescribe. This is a medical role distinct from the roles above, and it is only described as available where such a doctor is genuinely practising here.
Medical qualification and specialist registration.
The descriptions above are general. They explain what each title usually means; they do not assert that every role is currently represented at this practice. Which professionals are practising here, and in which jurisdictions they are permitted to work, is confirmed when you enquire.
Matching
There is no matching algorithm here, because a short questionnaire cannot determine clinical suitability.
Some sites offer a quiz that appears to select a therapist for you. What such a tool actually does is filter a list by a few attributes. Presenting that as a clinical match is misleading, so we do not do it.
Instead, a person reads your enquiry. They consider the format you have asked about, the language you would prefer, whether you need in-person or remote appointments, and whether a clinician here is appropriately qualified. Then they tell you who that would be, and why.
If nobody here fits, we say so. That happens, and it is more useful to you than an appointment with the wrong person.
Verifying a practitioner yourself
- 01Ask for the practitioner's full registered name, their professional title and the body they are registered with.
- 02Search that body's public register directly, rather than relying on a logo or a claim on any website, including this one.
- 03Check that the registration is current and covers the kind of work and the jurisdiction you are asking about.