Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapies Section

HUMANISTIC & INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY SECTION

The members of this section unite under the title Integrative Humanistic Psychotherapy (IHP). The different psychotherapies that coalesce around the IH approach are guided by common values, philosophical assumptions about human nature and experience and principles for practice that emerged in the Humanistic Psychology movement. They are informed by a range of theoretical perspectives.
What uniquely characterises Integrative Humanistic Psychotherapy is the commitment to working with the full range of influences that inform the development of the individual, their relationship to others and society. IH psychotherapies have evolved areas of specialism and expertise but share a capacity to integrate these into a coherent system of IHP. They seek to evaluate and integrate new information from clinical practice, a wide range of relevant research including neuroscience, infant studies, memory and consciousness studies, as well as other disciplines.
The primary concern is the integration of affective, cognitive, behavioural, physiological, transpersonal and contextual dimensions of the person as they interact with others. IH Psychotherapies share a commitment to relationship-based, dialogical and experiential methods to facilitate this. Both client and psychotherapist are actively engaged in shaping the processes of assessment, intervention and evaluation of outcomes.
Practice centres on the collaboration between client and psychotherapist to explore the explicit and implicit dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and the implications of the perceptual perspectives of both client and psychotherapist in the process. It is understood that the individual's capacities for self-regulation, self-actualisation, responsibility and choice underpin the process of change in IH approaches and IH psychotherapists work with the client to realise these potentials.
IH psychotherapists take into account the impact of the external world on the internal world. They explore the significance of social, cultural and political dimensions of experience as well as interpersonal and developmental.
IH psychotherapists work in a range of settings in the public, private and voluntary sectors. They work with individuals, couples, children, families, groups and organisations.

UKCP Member Organisations

Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy

ACAT

Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling

BCPC

British Psychodrama Association

BPA

Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education

CCPE

Centre for Transpersonal Psychology

CTP

Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists

Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy

CABP

CCBP

Gestalt Centre, London

GCL

Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute

GPTI

Guild of Analytical Psychology & Spirituality

GAPS

Institute of Psychosynthesis

IPS

Institute of Transactional Analysis

ITA

Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education

IATE

Karuna

KI

London Association of Primal Psychotherapists

LAPP

London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy

LSBP

Metanoia Institute

MET

Minster Centre

MC

Northern Guild for Psychotherapy

NGP

Psychosynthesis and Education Trust

PET

Regent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling

SPCRC

Re-Vision

RE.V

Scarbrough Psychotherapy Training Institute

ScPTI

Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute

SPTI

Spectrum

SPEC

Temenos

Terapia

TEMENOS

TER

UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners

UKAHPP