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Counsellors are the latest to kick up a stink about changes to the ACC, saying new rules will shut the door on the work they do for sexual abuse victims.
Under the changes, psychiatrists or clinical psychologists will have to diagnose a sexual abuse victim, before they are eligible for ACC support.
New Zealand Association of Counsellors spokesman Eric Medcalfe says it means only people who have been trained in an American system at a tertiary level can assess claims - and that leaves out all the counsellors who are working with survivors now.
Medcalfe says Pacific understandings of human psychology are being ignored and the changes favour a particular group of clinicians.
