British Psychotherapy & Counselling Registering Organisations
- BACP (British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists)
- Accredits individuals who are in practice and can demonstrate that they meet one of a variety of eligibility criteria (PDF) around their training. The aim is to reassure the public that they are accessing a fully trained, insured, and ethically committed therapist.
- UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy)
- Register for psychotherapists in the UK. Individuals must belong to a Member
Organisation that has been accepted as providing credible and ethical
psychotherapy (eg, the ITA). Currently
registration is voluntary in the UK, but the UKCP is lobbying to make
it mandatory.
Has sections for Analytical Psychology, Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; Experiential Constructivist Therapies; Family, Couple, Sexual and Systemic Therapy; Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy; Hypno-Psychotherapy; and Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic.
British modes of Psychotherapy & Counselling Governing Bodies
- Association of Jungian Analysts
- Jungian Analytic
- Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy
- Cognitive Analysis
- BAP (British Association of Psychotherapists)
- Jungian Analytic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- BCP (British Confederation of Psychotherapists)
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Note: Umbrella organisation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy organisations - BPA (British Psychodrama Association)
- Psychodrama
- BPAS (The British Psychoanalytic Society)
- (Also Called: The Institute of Psychoanalysis)
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - British Autogenic Society
- Autogenic Therapy
- ITA (Institute of Transactional Analysis)
- Transactional Analysis.
- NCP (National Council of Psychotherapists)
- Hypnotherapy, Critical Incident Debriefing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and other counselling techniques
- Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
- Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- The Society for Existential Analysis
- Existential and Phenomenological Therapy
Informal Organisations
- Black and Asian Therapists Online
- UK directory of Black and Asian Therapists, with an excellent resources section and an easy to understand section on choosing a therapist.
Lists of International Psychotherapy & Counselling Organisations
S keeps a long list of List of Organisation, both US and International.