Ref: OI/20/00744
Level 9, 44 The Terrace
PO Box 27048
15 December 2020
Wellington, New Zealand 6141
P +64 4 462 5200
Dr Robert Shaw
www.tec.govt.nz
[FYI request #14010 email]
Tēnā koe Robert
On 19 November 2020, the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) received a transfer from the
Ministry of Education, regarding your request for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
There is a current need for more mental health professionals and the government
plans to expand services. How many graduates have each of the individual training
authorities (mainly universities and private professional organisations) in the
discipline of psychotherapy produced in each of the last four years?
The TEC does not hold graduation information. However, the TEC does hold information on
qualification completions. The completion year is the year the learner met the qualification
completion requirements, and may not necessarily be the learner's graduation year.
I am releasing a table to you in
Appendix A. This table provides you with the number of learners who
completed the following psychotherapy qualifications: Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies
and Master of Psychotherapy at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) over the past four
years.
Please note that no other tertiary education organisation (TEO) funded by the TEC provides a
qualification with psychotherapy in its title. However, psychotherapy may be delivered as a
component of another qualification. I am also releasing this data to you with a number of caveats.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Tim Fowler
Chief Executive
Tertiary Education Commission
Appendix A: Number of psychotherapy qualification completions from 2016
to 2019
Qualification completion
year
Number of learners
2016
12
2017
13
2018
42
2019
33
Total
100
Caveats
Results are based on information reported through the single data return (SDR) for the
purposes of funding tertiary education. The data does not include any reporting outside of the
SDR and relies on the accuracy of data reported by TEOs.
Data is as at 23 November 2020 for the qualification completion years 2016-2019 for Student
Achievement Component (SAC) funded learners.
The Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand's registration criteria does not currently
prescribe a list of required qualifications to be registered as a Psychotherapist. The data has
been extracted using the keywords below in the completed qualification title:
Psychotherapy
Psycho therapy
Psycho-therapy
TEC holds information on qualification completions; it does not hold graduation information. The
completion year is the year the learner met the qualification completion requirements, and may
not necessarily be the learner's graduation year.
This data has been compiled specifically to respond to this question. It uses administrative data
collected by the TEC for the purposes of funding tertiary education. Care should be taken when
making comparisons with data collected or compiled for other purposes.