Email follows. Implications are that ACC will have a fight on their hands if they do not accept that NZAP members can assess the clients they work with.
From: Sean Manning
Date: 14 November 2009 10:30:56 AM
To: Peter Jansen
Cc: council@onlinegroups.co.nz, Diane Zwimpfer
Gerald Maclaurin
Subject: [NZAP Council] Ability to diagnose
Reply-To: council@onlinegroups.co.nz
Dear Peter, Tom
Please note the following, which is a statement issued by the Council
of the NZ Association of Psychotherapists:
“The Council of The New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists
affirm that any member who has successfully achieved the standard
set for the NZAP Certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice is
qualified to give an opinion concerning mental injury comprising a
dynamic formulation and a diagnostic statement, using DSM-IV or
another diagnostic system.
“All members with this qualification have undergone rigorous peer
assessment moderated to a national standard. and are subject to
ongoing clinical supervision.”
regards,
Sean Manning
President-elect, NZAP