Or we could stop trying to replace highly trained mental health professionals that have spent years being unappreciated and underpaid and simply integrate these same professionals into specialty care providers.  The trend towards dumbing every intervention down to manualized mechanics is disturbing   If I’m a parent, I want my child getting their treatment from a licensed educated professional, not a college intern or Miss Susie who also schedules appointments.   By the same token, let’s train doctors of psychology to manage epilepsy.  Sound absurd?  It should — enough with illegitamizing specialists already; let’s do better.