Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy call for evidence

In October 2025, the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) established an independently chaired Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

The Commission is examining the current and future landscape of the professions and the key issues affecting the sector, professionals, services and clients.

As part of this process, we also want to capture the input and views of services, the wider mental health sector and vitally, of those with lived experience. These will help inform the final report and recommendations which will support and shape the direction of future collaborative work between the PCPB and engagement with policymakers and commissioners of services on behalf of the profession and for the benefit of clients.

That’s why we’re inviting anyone with an interest in the future of the profession to contribute their own evidence to this important workstream.

It’s also important our members and registrants are able to contribute to this work. They will receive a survey with questions based around the four themes of the Commission evidence sessions. These are counselling and psychotherapy:

• the state of the sector
• is there a case for statutory regulation
• the evidence base
• the future for the professions.