I must argue with Rose's answer. Speaking generally (and not referring to any specific case), several things may apply. (1) First, let's separate ethics from law and the "standard of care" (although they often overlap). I would think that all reputable professional organizations would frown on their members' misrepresenting their qualifications (that would be an ethical matter). Perhaps more important, it is generally outside the "standard of care" (a legal matter, for which one might be successfully sued if a patient were damaged) for a clinician to knowingly misrepresent his or her expertise, miss a diagnosis he/she should have made, and/or fail to refer the patient somewhere else once the clinician knows (or reasonably should know) that he/she isn't qualified to deal with the problem. (2) Second, since you didn't mention the particular diagnosis (and we shouldn't get into your personal issue here), I don't know whether (a) the condition is one which can usually be treated by several different kinds of clinicians (counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists); (b) it is one whose diagnosis and treatment usually involves a particular kind of treater (e.g., one for which medication is usually prescribed and thus would require a physician or physician oversight); or (c) it is one for which the treatment is highly specialized and a subspecialist is often required. (3) Most qualified and licensed mental health practitioners diagnose and treat a variety of conditions. It is well within the standard of care, for example, for a general psychiatrist or psychologist to treat various kinds of anxiety, depression, adjustment problems, or the like. The point is that the practitioner is expected to recognize when the problem requires additional expertise or special care, and also for the practitioner to seek (or recommend) consultation or second opinion if the condition is not responding to treatment as expected. Speaking for physicians, the license to practice medicine is not generally limited to a particular specialty, but there are a number of credentialing and civil standard-of-care mechanisms that act to prevent doctors from practicing outside their expertise. Having said that, psychiatrists and psychologists, for example, see a wide variety of patients in their training. Whether or not that training and their subsequent experience is sufficient to allow them to treat every patient they see is another matter. Patients should feel free to ask their clinicians about their training and credentials, and to make informed choices about their care.
Hope this helps.
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