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Third-Party Funding and Counselling in New Zealand: Implications for Counselling Services and Professional Autonomy

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When, in New Zealand, a new third-party government funding arrangement was introduced for sexual abuse counselling, counsellors experienced challenges to their work practice and professional autonomy. There are some parallels between this experience and the influence of Managed Care on counselling in the United States. This article interprets the ways in which the development of counselling in New Zealand, and the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) interacted with the government agency, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). responsible for the funding. The resulting funding arrangements, while initially mutually beneficial to government and counsellors, are now being questioned by counsellors and the NZAC. Possible responses to this situation by New Zealand counsellors are explored and discussed in the context of wider international responses to third-party funding issues.

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Miller, J.H. Third-Party Funding and Counselling in New Zealand: Implications for Counselling Services and Professional Autonomy. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 26, 285–299 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ADCO.0000035531.66432.ec

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