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We asked a selection of candidates for Mayor of London for their opinions on some key mental health issues  - why not have a read before you decide how to cast your vote?

UKCP's Humanistic and Integrative College recently held an election for College Chair. Here we announce the results.

UKCP is pleased to welcome Inger Gordon as the new Chair of the Colleges and Faculties Committee

UKCP welcomes the Centre for Social Justice's report Commissioning Effective Talking Therapies which is highly critical of the NHS's talking therapy service.

The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) today welcomed the intervention by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, to stop a campaign appearing on buses throughout the capital promoting the idea that a person's sexuality can be 'cured'.

Janet Weisz has been elected as UKCP Chair. She succeeds Professor Andrew Samuels who steps down this weekend. Janet is psychotherapist practicing in London, and has chaired UKCP's Colleges and Faculties Committee since 2009, and has been a member of the Board of UKCP since 2008.

It has come to our attention that some UKCP members have been contacted by an organisation called International Academy of Alternative Psychology and Therapy (IAAPT), which claims to be a voluntary regulator and an accrediting and awarding organisation.

Unfortunately, David Mazure has withdrawn from the UKCP election for Chair for personal reasons.

A UKCP report brings direct practical experience to bear on a proposal for the design and delivery of psychological therapies within the NHS.

Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham's suggestion that a Labour government might create a cabinet level post for mental health is exactly the kind of imaginative gesture that all psychotherapists and counsellors will welcome. Unfortunately, his speech to the Centre for Social Justice, outlining Labour's intention to foreground mental health in the future development of the NHS, disappoints in other respects.

UKCP has again expressed serious concern about a controversial conference held today in London. The conference was widely condemned by community, and lesbian and gay groups when it was held in Belfast under the title The Lepers Amongst Us: Homosexuality and the Life of the Church earlier this month. The conference organiser, Core-Issues Trust, has been widely criticised by professional organisations for its expressed wish to work with gay men and lesbians seeking to change their sexual orientation.

During the campaigning period (16-24 February) of the UKCP election for Chair, we are providing three opportunities for candidates and members (both individual and organisational) to submit a statement for posting on our website.

UKCP's Andrew Samuels appeared on the Sunday Sequence radio programme on Sunday 22 January 2012

We wish to state that Mike Davidson is not a member of UKCP. He has never been a student or trainee member of UKCP and has never appeared on our register.

Charity Business, the organisation which collected and processed our direct debits has ceased trading. This has left us without a direct debit supplier at very short notice and it will take several months to set up a replacement.

We are pleased to announce the candidates for our Chair and Trustee positions. We received three nominations for UKCP Chair and will hold and election for this position.