04.08.2011                      04.Aw-Elul, 5771

Psycho-Hotline:

Officials to review ‘deceptive’ therapy hotline

Instant cures over the phone can’t solve real problems, says Health Ministry.

The Health Ministry said it will examine with its legal department and take action regarding a new private company of 30 clinical, educational and other psychologists and psychotherapists, who over the phone, counsel strangers at a charge of NIS 6 per minute via credit card.
The ministry made the statement after receiving a query by The Jerusalem Post about the company, which calls itself Mahabaya (sic) (What’s the Problem?).
The firm’s publicity material said it was like going to a psychologist, but by telephone….