Welcome
The International Therapeutic Standards Authority is the designated global agency charged with protecting the public by assuring the quality of therapy and counselling websites and associated online services.
Certified members are entitled to display the the seal of the International Therapeutic Standards which validates the accuracy of information displayed on members websites. Our sole purpose is to safeguard the public from a range of unethical and exploitative practices.
All of our members agree to adhere to the Ethics Assure™ protocol, ensuring the public can obtain therapy and counselling services safe in the knowledge they are doing so from experienced and qualified practitioners.
Therapists
We are responsible for certifying and registering the full range of therapists from cognitive & psychotherapists to sports, nutritional and beauty therapists. Our members stand out from the unqualified, inexperienced and fraudulent.
The International Therapeutic Standards Authority gives potential clients the confidence that certified services are genuine, have the qualifications and experience claimed.
Help your customers make the safe choice and display the International Therapeutic Standards Verification Mark.
Counsellors
Most people looking for help from a counsellor have no way of knowing what they are getting into until they actually have their first session.
Getting to that first session, be it online, over the phone or in person is a big leap of faith on behalf of the client. Anything you can do to prove you are right for them and more importantly have the qualifications and experience they need, gives them the safety to make that decision.
Join Therapeutic Standards now and show potential clients you are safe to do business with.
Standards
The International Therapeutic Standards have been designed to verify genuine therapeutic services
The verification scheme of the International Therapeutic Standards is the only internationally recognized, independent verification service for therapeutic websites. Only Sites that comply with the standards qualify to display the Verification Mark.
Membership
Members displaying the ITSA Verification Mark have attained some of the highest standards of practice required on the internet and can be used with confidence.
To become a member, site owners have to undergo regular checks and agree to be bound by our Ethics Assure™ protocol, which puts their clients at the centre of their practice. In order to become a member, there are a series of 16 complete checks made to ensure the information presented is correct, fair and genuine.
There is an easy three step membership process.
NEWS
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Great Attorney 20 May 2012 | 4:54 am My dad was a lawyer. My sister only has to take the bar to become another lawyer in the family. After graduating from college, I was advised by our guidance counselor that I should proceed to take up law. I was a good fit, she said. Read more... |
Berkshire County school counselor pleads not guilty to raping girls 16 May 2012 | 5:49 pm A school counselor from Berkshire County, accused of raping two, young girls and sexually assaulting another, has pleaded not guilty. Read more... |
Stockbridge town employee pleads not guilty to sex assaults 16 May 2012 | 4:38 pm PITTSFIELD - A Stockbridge town employee accused of sexually assaulting three young girls when he worked at a school... Read more... |
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Ex-group home counselor sentenced for child porn 16 May 2012 | 4:19 pm SALT LAKE CITY — A former southern Utah group home counselor has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making child pornography. Read more... |
Hebrew Posters Appeal For Money For Alleged Child Molester In Brooklyn 16 May 2012 | 4:42 am There are some shocking allegations against a counselor and confidant in a Brooklyn community. A therapist stands accused of sexually abusing a young girl who looked to him for advice. Read more... |
Former jail counselor acquitted of sexual battery 9 May 2012 | 7:45 pm NORFOLK A former City Jail counselor was found not guilty Wednesday of a misdemeanor sexual battery charge on an inmate. James Rivers, 70, was acquitted of the charge in General District Court, according to court records. An inmate accused Rivers of touching him inappropriately on March 14 and swore out charges to a magistrate. Read more... |
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Counselor at Groppi H.S. due in court for preliminary hearing 9 May 2012 | 2:41 pm MILWAUKEE — 27-year-old Darryl Brownlee, a “Violence Free Zone Counselor” at Groppi High School, accused of sexually assaulting a student... Read more... |
Ex-La. school counselor's prison sentence upheld 4 May 2012 | 7:54 pm NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for a former counselor at a Lafayette private school who pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student. A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected Allison Hargrave's argument that her punishment was unreasonably harsh. Federal guidelines called for a ... Read more... |
Phony doctor tells judge he's not guilty 26 Apr 2012 | 8:06 pm Barry Lichtenthal, the former Trumbull, Conn. investment counselor who previously went to prison for conducting bizarre sexual experiments on young women, pleaded not guilty Thursday, April 26, 2012 before Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin Jr. to violating his probation. Read more... |