The Professional Practice Standards regarding unnecessary treatment. This includes the three standards, examples in demonstrating the standard, definitions, and related resources.
The Professional Practice Standards regarding unnecessary treatment. This includes the three standards, examples in demonstrating the standard, definitions, and related resources.
3.5.1 Registrants provide or continue therapy only when there is a reasonable prospect of benefit to the client.
3.5.2 Registrants involve clients in determining whether therapy offers a reasonable prospect of benefit.
3.5.3 When it appears that therapy is no longer indicated or has ceased to be effective, registrants discuss the option of discontinuing therapy.
It is important for registrants to ensure that any assessment or therapy offers a reasonable prospect of benefit to the client. Unnecessary therapy poses a risk of harm by raising false expectations and wasting the client’s time and money. One of the goals of therapy is to foster independence and autonomy from therapy, clients with similar issues may respond differently to the same treatment. Registrants are required to exercise judgment about whether treatment is unnecessary, informed by the condition of the client, the modalities used in treatment, and the input of the client.
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