1 February 2012
UK Council for Psychotherapy¹ response to Andy Burnham's speech on mental health

Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham's suggestion² 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 Justice³, outlining Labour's intention to foreground mental health in the future development of the NHS, disappoints in other respects. Read more...

27 January 2012
UKCP statement on the Core-Issues Trust conference

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. Read more ...

20 January 2012
UKCP statement on Mike Davidson

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. Read more...

14 November 2011
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) brings Black Men on the Couch to North London

Following sell-out success in Stratford, UKCP brings Project 20:20's Black Men on the Couch: talking therapy event to Tottenham.

Admitting to needing help sometimes makes people feel vulnerable in front of others, but talking about issues in therapy is the first step towards managing them. However, despite attempts within the profession to change the way it's viewed, therapy is still rarely sought by young Black men, let alone considered as a career option...
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31 October 2011
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) supports the findings of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) report, 'Transforming Behaviour Change: Beyond Nudge and Neuromania'

UKCP welcomes the publication of this report and supports RSA's Social Brain Project and its aims to develop a sophisticated understanding of the relationship between social challenges, human brains and behaviours in response to the growing ascendancy of neuroscientific interpretations of human behaviour...
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11 February 2011
UKCP's reaction to 'No health without mental health'
The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is pleased to see that the government recognises that people diagnosed with mental health problems want access to psychological therapies. They want to talk to a trained professional. They do not just want pills. However, the new strategy continues the policy...
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14 July 2009
Health Professions Council report on regulating therapy published - UK Council for Psychotherapy says more work to do
On Tuesday 14 July 2009 the Health Professions Council (HPC) published draft consultation on the statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors.
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