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UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners
Visit website: https://ahpp.org.uk
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.
In September 2023, we completed our full renewal assessment of the UKAHPP’s register. You can read our renewal decision as well as our Impact Assessment. When we renewed the UKAHPP’s accreditation, we issued a number of Conditions with deadlines for implementation. You can read our report on how UKAHPP met the Conditions.
The Accreditation Panel found that while UKAHPP had met some conditions, some remained outstanding. As such, the below conditions have been issued.
| Conditions | Deadline |
|---|
| Standard One | Condition Four:
The UKAHPP must make clear that screening clients based on protected characteristics is unacceptable and may result in disciplinary action should it become aware of registrants doing so.
| Four months |
| Standard Two | Condition Nine:
The UKAHPP must introduce a proportionate system of checks to assure that registrants’ website and advertising meets its standards.
| Three months |
| Standard Five | Condition Eleven
The UKAHPP must change its complaints process to make clear that it assumes responsibility for investigating and prosecuting complaints, with the complainant as witness rather than prosecutor in cases that reach the threshold for formal hearings | Three months |
| Standard Six | Condition Twelve
The UKAHPP must implement tools and processes to assist its identification and mitigation of new risks that could affect its ability to operate the register. | Three months |
| Standard Seven | Condition Thirteen
The UKAHPP must implement tools and processes to assist its identification and mitigation of new risks to the public occurring within registrants’ practice. | Three months |
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