A recent article in The Guardian “All psychotherapists in England must be regulated, experts say, after abuse claims rise” (read article here), raised the issue of the dangers of psychotherapists not being regulated and that MPs would consider lobbying the government to revisit statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling. The MPs concern seems to arise from reports of a rise in lawsuits by patients for alleged harm done during therapy.
ACC has joined other leading mental health organisations to form a coalition calling for more support to protect the UK’s mental health in the face of climate change.
ACC have recently been receiving an increased number of enquiries relating to a company called Carflo, which has a website address similar to that of ACC. ACC have no connection or affiliation with Carflo and should you wish to contact them, the website is www.theacc.co.uk
ACC note that the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) has taken the decision to withdraw its signature from the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy in the UK v2 (MoU) and its membership of the Coalition Against Conversion Therapy. You can read the UKCP statement in full here. ACC will be asking for a discussion with the coalition about the concerns that have led UKCP to this decision.
The six SCoPEd partners are providing this update on the important work currently underway with regards to the SCoPEd framework implementation, governance and impact assessment.
A toolkit for psychological therapies training is being launched by the Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-Oppressive Practice, to help the UK counselling and psychotherapy sectors better understand and address race and diversity.
The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is part of the Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-oppressive Practice which brings together organisations with a shared mission to improve diversity within the counselling, psychotherapy and psychological therapy professions.
In 2021, it was announced that NHS England was to roll out a landmark three-year pilot programme to provide fully funded training for psychotherapeutic counselling within IAPT services (now called NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression). The training will be accredited by five of the six SCoPEd partners currently recognised in the NHS Talking Therapies manual (ACC, BPC, BACP, NCS, and UKCP)1, with UKCP acting as lead accrediting body on behalf of the partners.