United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

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United Kingdom Council for PsychotherapyAbbreviation| UKCP

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Formation| 1993
Type| Professional body
Headquarters| America Square,
London, EC3
United Kingdom

Key people

| Jon Levett (CEO)
Website| www.psychotherapy.org.uk

The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a professional association of psychotherapy organisations and practitioners in the United Kingdom.

## History

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The UKCP exists to "promote and maintain the profession of psychotherapy and the highest standards in the practice of psychotherapy throughout the United Kingdom, for the benefit of the public."[1][2][3] Only psychotherapists or psycho-therapeutic counselors who meet UKCP's training requirements and abide by its ethical guidelines are included in its online "Register of Psychotherapists".

The UKCP was initially founded in the 1980s as the United Kingdom Standing Conference for Psychotherapy following the Foster Report (1971) and the Sieghart Report (1978), which recommended regulation of the psychotherapy field.[4] It was formally inaugurated as a council in 1993.

UKCP also represents the United Kingdom in the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) – a Vienna-based umbrella organisation which sets standards for equivalence of training and practice throughout Europe.[citation needed]

## Chair

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UKCP elects its chair among its members.

Term of office | Office holder

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2023–2024 | Christian Buckland
2022–2023 | Jo Lucas (acting chair)
2022–2022 | Syed Azmatullah
2016–2022 | Martin Pollecoff
2012–2016 | Janet Weisz
2009–2012 | Andrew Samuels
2007–2009 | James Gray Antrican
2005–2007 | Lisa Wake (now de Rijk)
2002–2004 | James Pollard
2001–2002 | Alan Thomson
1998–2001 | Ann Casement
1995–1998 | Digby Tantam
1993–1995 | Emmy van Deurzen
1989–1993 | Michael R. Pokorny (Chair of the UK Standing Conference for Psychotherapy)

## See also

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* British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
* British Psychoanalytic Council

General:

* Mental health in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ UKCP (15 March 2009), Press release: "UK Council for Psychotherapy appoints new Chief Executive" Retrieved 7 July 2012
2. ^ "United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy".
3. ^ UK Council for Psychotherapy (2012). "UKCP's charitable objectives". UK Council for Psychotherapy. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
4. ^ UK Council for Psychotherapy (2012). "The regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counselors". UK Council for Psychotherapy. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

## External links

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* UKCP official website

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Medical regulation in the United Kingdom

* Selected professional bodies covered by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Statutory regulators|

* General Chiropractic Council
* General Dental Council
* General Medical Council
* General Optical Council
* General Osteopathic Council
* Health and Care Professions Council
* Nursing and Midwifery Council
* Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
* General Pharmaceutical Council

Selected voluntarily
accredited associations|

* Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (foot health)
* Association of Child Psychotherapists
* British Acupuncture Council
* British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
* British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers
* British Psychoanalytic Council
* Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council
* COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
* Federation of Holistic Therapists
* National Counselling Society
* National Hypnotherapy Society
* Play Therapy UK
* Society of Homeopaths
* UK Public Health Register
* United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Israel
* United States
* Czech Republic

Other|

* IdRef

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