There may be a scam behind this. Recently, under the banner of professional emotional counseling institutions, Shanghai police used words to trick victims into buying "emotional recovery services" to defraud money. The police arrested 69 suspects, seized more than 80 mobile phones/KLOC-0, and initially verified more than 500 cases, involving all parts of the country, involving more than 7 million yuan.
In fact, the so-called "emotional recovery master" not only has no corresponding psychological counselor qualification, but also has no contact with the client's "ex-girlfriend", that is, he has fabricated a set of words to defraud the victim's trust.
In recent years, some emotional businesses have been commercialized rapidly, forming numerous "361 lines", some of which are "mistress quitters", some are "marriage rescuers" and some are "emotional mentors". These businesses are characterized by boasting about the parties whose feelings have been hurt, but not providing verifiable services.
Did Xiao San persuade her to resign, did she get her marriage back, and how hard did the staff work? What kind of means were used? How high is the cost of related services? What standard should I charge? It's all a muddled account, which has formed a serious information asymmetry. The company just took what it wanted. As long as PUA consumers are smart enough, it will complete the business closed loop.
It is precisely because of the opacity of this related emotional counseling service that it has become a place to shelter evil people and shelter evil people. It has been exposed by the media before that some "emotional tutors" who are full of love and morality are probably just "novices" who have only received training for a short week. The profession of "emotional psychological counseling" is hot, and the upstream industry of "accreditation" is also spreading wildly. In fact, as early as 20 16, the marriage and family counselor was abolished in the Decision on Cancelling a Batch of Professional Qualification Permits and Confirmations issued by the State Council. Since then, there is no such certification in the national vocational qualification catalogue.
As for the so-called "emotional rescue master" arrested by the police this time, it has turned the whole emotional counseling service into a naked scam, unilaterally making all kinds of unrealistic promises to consumers, not contacting the parties at all, just using various words to make consumers pay more. This makes the so-called emotional service, from the original gray area to the black area, become a criminal offence, which meets the constitutive requirements of the crime of fraud: for the purpose of illegal possession, defrauding property by fictional facts or concealing the truth.
It should be noted that such a "master of emotional recovery" scam is quite hidden. On the one hand, consumers are under the veil of ignorance, and they have no idea whether the company provides corresponding emotional services. On the other hand, consumers may not call the police because they are involved in personal feelings, which gives scammers more courage.
The pressure of modern people's life is getting bigger and bigger, and they really face many emotional troubles and need corresponding consultation and help. However, the key is how to make this emotional support market truly standardized, not to let it be in a gray area, and to drive scammers out of this market. On the one hand, the judiciary needs to take the initiative to show its sword to this emerging market as an example. It is also necessary for emotional counseling market participants to implement self-management and self-improvement through industry norms, build reasonable charging standards, build credible service quality standards, and tighten the fence of the industry.
For ordinary people, "it is better to pity the people in front of you than to miss the mountains and rivers." The real mistress is a quitter, a marriage defender, an emotional restorer, or herself. She should treat the people in front of her sincerely.