Poland has a dramatic shortage of psychotherapists operating within the public health system, with most therapies available only on the private market.
- Currently, patients seeking help must most often use private services, which significantly limits access to psychotherapy for those with lower incomes. We must strive to change this ratio and allow more patients to benefit from reimbursed therapies. Today, the work of a psychotherapist is mainly regulated in the public health system (if only due to the requirements of the National Health Fund). In the private sector, regulations are limited, for example, in terms of the Enterprise Law, and thus need to be supplemented with provisions related to the specifics of psychotherapists' work. This is a very delicate area that needs to be clarified," emphasizes Grzegorz Marek.
PTTPB calls for psychotherapy to be treated first and foremost as a form of treatment, rather than a service for personal development, which is also important in the context of gove...
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