Professional Review Standards

How professional approval and evidence-aligned content review works on Anxiety Fitness.

What we accept (high level)

Anxiety Fitness accepts evidence-informed mental health education grounded in established approaches (such as CBT- and ACT-informed principles) and reviewed by licensed or registered professionals.

Professional approval is based on verifiable registration or licensure with recognized regulators, state boards, or professional bodies in the practitioner's jurisdiction.

Professional Application Policy

In the United States, practitioners must hold active state licensure with the relevant board. In other countries, practitioners must have verifiable registration, licensure, or recognized professional body membership in their jurisdiction.

In less-regulated regions, we may approve on an exception basis using documented education, supervised training, and qualifications where independent registry checks are limited.

We review for verifiability, safety, and platform fit.

Accepted Bodies (Examples, not exhaustive)

United Kingdom

HCPC
BABCP
BACP
UKCP
NMC (relevant mental health roles)
GMC (doctors / psychiatrists)
Social Work England
BPS (supporting evidence/context; not always a regulator)

United States

State psychology boards
State counseling boards (LPC / LMHC / LCPC, etc.)
State social work boards (LCSW / LICSW, etc.)
State marriage & family therapy boards (LMFT)
State addiction/substance use counseling boards (where applicable)
Medical boards (psychiatrists / physicians)
Nursing boards (relevant psychiatric roles)
APA / NASW / NBCC as supporting professional context (not substitutes for licensure)

We also accept equivalent regulators and recognized professional bodies in other jurisdictions where credentials can be independently checked.

Accreditation alone is not required, but unsupported claims without verifiable registration, licensure, or robust qualification evidence are not approved.

What we may request

Legal name (as registered)
Registration/license number
Issuing body / regulator
Jurisdiction
Public registry profile URL (preferred)
Expiry/renewal date (if applicable)
Supporting documents by email where no public link is available

Not sufficient on its own

Lived experience alone
Self-issued certifications
Unverifiable training certificates
Social media audience size
Unverifiable directory listings

Content standards and moderation framework

Anxiety Fitness maintains separate standards for off-platform AF social/editorial content and on-platform moderation.

Off-platform

AF-owned and affiliated channel publishing standard for social/editorial content.

Anxiety Fitness Social Content Standard

On-platform

Moderation standard for rooms, products, spaces, subscriptions, and illegal/restricted-content checks.

On-Platform Moderation Standard

Content Review , Anxiety Fitness Social Content Standard , On-Platform Moderation Standard and Professional Agreement.