Vic man fined for posing as psychologist

A Victorian counsellor who led a family to believe he was a registered psychologist has been fined $15,000.

A Victorian man who posed as a registered psychologist and treated two young siblings has been fined $15,000 for the scam.

The counsellor has a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Masters in counselling, but was never registered to practise as a psychologist.

He pleaded guilty to three charges in the Moorabbin Magistrates' Court on May 30 for treating the patients for nearly four months and was fined $15,000, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency said in a statement on Thursday.