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  • Association of Child Psychotherapists

    The Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) is a professional body for psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapists in the UK. The ACP is responsible for training and practice standards for its members and provides information to the public about child psychotherapy.

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  • Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions

    The Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC) is a professional body and registered charity representing Christian counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom.

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  • British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

    The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) is a membership organisation and a registered charity that sets standards for therapeutic practice and provides information for therapists, clients of therapy, and the general public.

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  • British Association of Play Therapists

    The BAPT works to relieve the needs of children, young people and adults suffering emotional and behavioural difficulties by promoting the art and science of Play Therapy and promoting high standards in the practice of Play Therapy.

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  • British Psychoanalytic Council

    The British Psychoanalytic Council is a professional association of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy profession, publishing a Register of practitioners who are required to follow its ethical code and meet its fitness to practise standards.

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  • COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)

    COSCA – Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy – sets standards for its registrants in the practice of counselling and psychotherapy and is committed to increasing access to counselling and psychotherapy services.

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  • Human Givens Institute

    The Human Givens Institute is a global organisation concerned with unifying the most effective forms of counselling and psychotherapy into a truly biopsychosocial approach. It advances all aspects of Human Givens therapeutic practice, including standards, continued professional development and the ethical behaviour of members.

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  • National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society

    The National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS) and the National Hypnotherapy Society (HS) are not for profit professional organisations whose purpose is to ensure that all of their registrants are safe, competent and ethical practitioners. We refer to them as ‘the Societies.

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  • Play Therapy UK

    Play Therapy UK exists to further the good practice of therapeutic work with children. This includes improving children's wellbeing as well as alleviating behaviour and mental health problems.

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  • UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners

    The UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners is a professional organisation, which sets registration and accreditation standards of practice for Psychotherapists and Psychotherapeutic Counsellors with a training in Humanistic Psychology, a holistic approach to therapy, which holds centrally an individual's capacity to draw upon inner resources to give meaning and direction to traumatic and disabling life experiences.

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  • UK Council for Psychotherapy

    The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a membership organisation and registered charity holding national registers for psychotherapists, psychotherapists qualified to work with children and young people and psychotherapeutic counsellors.

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