Author: Emily Bridges

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) welcomes NHS England’s publication of its Guidance on NHS registration requirements for use of psychological professions titles. The guidance provides greater clarity and consistency regarding registration requirements across NHS commissioned services in England and recognises the important contribution that counsellors and psychotherapists make within the psychological professions workforce. 

A 12-week consultation has opened on work to define conversion practices and set out good practice principles for psychological professionals working with gender, sexuality and relationship diversity (GSRD).

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB), working alongside the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), is beginning a programme of work to develop a definition of conversion practices and a set of good practice principles for working with gender, sexuality and relationship diversity (GSRD).

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Adam Boddison OBE as its new independent chair.

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) has begun the search for a new independent chair, as the current chair, Paul Buckley, prepares to step down after five years in the role.

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) has published its first shared dataset that helps to map the demographic profile of the profession.

The Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) has written to Baroness Merron, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, to raise concerns around unregulated therapy services being delivered from overseas to clients in the UK.

We are excited to announce a major milestone in our ongoing commitment to advancing professional standards in the counselling and psychotherapy profession. As part of our evolution, the partners who developed the Scope of Practice and Education (SCoPEd) framework now have a new partnership name.

The SCoPEd partnership welcomes the publication of ‘Staying Safe from Suicide’ by NHS England.