Legislation: Regulation of Psychotherapists in Ontario

CAPT has been active during the recent and ongoing process of regulating psychotherapy in the province, submitting briefs and giving oral presentations at the public consultations.

CAPT and some of its institutional members have been instrumental in achieving firm recognition by the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC) that psychotherapy is an independent profession and that training specifically to practice psychotherapy is essential. Recently, CAPT was recognized by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as one of three stakeholders (with the Alliance of Psychotherapy Training Institutes (APTI) and the Ontario Coalition of Mental Health Professionals) invited to an information session, on October 31, 2007, on the formation of the Transitional Council and, eventually, the formation of the new College of Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario.

Over the next year and beyond, CAPT will continue its effort to articulate the forms of regulation that best suit our psychodynamic modality. This will mean ongoing communication with the Transitional Council and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Download these documents for more information on the Process of Regulation and CAPT’s involvement in the process.

The Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy (CAPT) Comments on Protected Titles Under the Psychotherapy Act, 2007. See PDF

CAPT Response to The Standing Committee on Social Policy Concerning Bill179, Regulated Health Professions Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (September 2009). See Response

CAPT Response to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Concerning HPRAC's Critical Links (February 2009). See Response

CAPT Response to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Concerning HPRAC's Two Interim Reports in March and September 2008 on Interprofessional Collaboration (January 2009). See Response

CAPT's Response to the Health Professionals Regulatory Advisory Council's Discussion Guide on Issues Related to Interprofessional Collaboration among Health Colleges and Professionals, May 2008. See CAPT's Response to HPRAC about Interprofessional Collaboration

Report on the Status of the Regulation Process, Given by Philip McKenna at the CAPT AGM, November 2, 2007. See AGM Report on Regulation

Summary of CAPT Brief to Social Policy Committee, April 2007. See Summary of CAPT Brief to SPC

CAPT Brief to Social Policy Committee, April 2007. See CAPT Brief to SPC

Psychotherapy Act, 2007. (see Link http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_07p10_e.htm)

CAPT Responses to HPRAC's Recommendations in New Directions (2006) Concerning Psychotherapy. See Responses

CAPT Brief to Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC), October 2005.
See CAPT Brief to HPRAC

HPRAC Report to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Regulation of Health Professions in Ontario: New Directions, 2006. See HPRAC New Directions

CAPT Presentation To The HPRAC Public Consultation (2005). See Presentation