Srinagar, Feb. 21 -- A recent discussion among professionals within social media groups when a doctor shared a study claiming psychotherapy has harmful side effects on LinkedIn. I also took part in that discussion and it made me to think about importance of telling people what is psychotherapy or what is not psychotherapy or any other type of therapy for clear distinction. While doctors' intentions may have been pure, the study exposes a major misunderstanding and premature conclusions-was the study talking about real psychotherapy, or was it referring to unqualified, non-professional interventions?

This distinction is critical because psychotherapy stops being psychotherapy when practiced by untrained person. To call such interventions ...