PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING SECTION

Psychotherapeutic Counselling, as understood by the Psychotherapeutic Counselling Section, is an interactive approach involving relational methodology at its centre. Central to all approaches is that psychotherapeutic counsellors consider the complexity of the person/client/patient within the context of their theoretical model. This is a non-modality specific section, which embraces the following principles

1. The therapeutic alliance is key to all forms of Psychotherapeutic Counselling and the therapeutic relationship facilitates the opportunity for the client to experience acceptance, change and growth

2. That a relationship-based method is common to all approaches, for some of which it is the actual main medium of work, and for others simply the necessary background framework.

3. The qualities of the practitioner in interaction with the qualities of the client are seen as essential to an effective outcome. This is demonstrated by a belief in adequate emotional preparation of the psychotherapeutic counsellor, for work of an intensity and complexity, which may be severely taxing of the practitioner's personal resources, and capacity for response.

4. That the training for a psychotherapeutic counsellor would be expected to be at the equivalent of under-graduate or post-graduate level. The training would be rigorous and thorough and would be based on linking skills, theory and practice.

5. Inclusion within its field is both longer-term and shorter-term work, and work with different numbers and groupings of clients. This would be dependent on appropriate training for individual, couple or group work.

6. That the psychotherapeutic counsellor would be required to be in supervision with an appropriately qualified supervisor.

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Organisational History

Counsellors & Psychotherapists in Primary Care (CPC) is a professional membership association for the following: 1. Individual NHS counsellors
2. Students
3. Supervisors of NHS counsellors
4. Organisations
5. Subscribers
CPC is a self-regulating membership association. The names of individual members, who reach the required standards, are entered on a Register of Members. The aims of the association are to represent counsellors and psychotherapists working in the NHS and to lead the way in establishing national standards and guidelines for further development of a professional and effective counselling throughout the NHS.
 
Training Course Selection & Admission

CPC has two levels of individual membership: Registered and Intermediate. Registered Members meet the standards required by the Psychotherapeutic Counselling Section. It also has a section for Supervisors, recognising both training and grand-parenting routes. CPC's aim is to set high standards for professional psychotherapeutic counsellors and psychotherapists working in the NHS. CPC requires evidence of training, 30 hours Continuing Professional Development per year and a confirmation of fitness to practice from the applicant's supervisor. This is renewed on an annual basis.

Training Course Requirements

Personal therapy A minimum of 50 hours personal therapy.

Clinical/clients The practitioner will normally have consolidated his/her practice over a period of training of three years with a minimum of 100 hours client work before qualification, leading to a total of 450 hours client work to be registered.

Supervision Expected supervision requirement in training is an average of 6 client hours to 1 hr individual supervision per week.

Written work A case study of 2,500 words

Training Course Assessments, standards, role of training committee

CPC is an Accrediting Member Organisation of the PC Section of UKCP. It has a Training Standards Board responsible for assessing each individual application, with lay members and a Registrar.

Theoretical orientation

The Training Committee of ACAT is responsible for setting the national framework of ACAT courses and approving and monitoring standards on the courses. ACAT training is delivered by a number of regional groups, mostly in hospital or university settings. Geographically it takes place in London, Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, Plymouth, Manchester (through ACAT North which has a yearly intake), East Anglia, Sunderland, Dublin and Liverpool. Trainees come mainly from a variety of the core caring professions: clinical psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling, social work, occupational therapy etc.
As an integrative psychotherapy training, ACAT encourages trainees to be familiar with the variety of theories which inform CAT and the psychotherapy research literature. It draws trainees from a variety of theoretical backgrounds thus encouraging active dialogue.
There are three forms of training in CAT: Introductory, Practitioner and Psychotherapy.

Accreditation, graduation, membership

Code of ethics/ethical principals

CPC has its own Code of Ethical Principles, legally approved and appropriate for practitioners working in the NHS.

Is the organisation accrediting, training or both?

Accrediting

Is the organisation running a low cost scheme?

No

Does the organisation offer clincial services?

No

Does the organisation have members included in the UKCP national register?

Yes

Other Relevant Information

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