Registration Board

UKCP Registration Board

The UKCP Registration Board is a primary element of the Governance of the UKCP's Regulatory Framework. Its authority is derived from the UKCP Constitution - Articles of association and Membership Bye-Laws (Please see UKCP Articles of Association: Section 3 (2)(i)b and Section 4; and UKCP Membership Bye-Laws: Section 7).

Under the Constitution the Registration Board is tasked with carrying out a number of important functions:

7.5.1 to administer the Register of Psychotherapists and the Register of Psychotherapeutic Counsellors according to the regulations from time to time determined by the Governing Board;

7.5.2 to review the registration of any psychotherapist or psychotherapeutic counsellor if grounds for doing so are put before it;

7.5.3 to publish the Register of Psychotherapists and the Register of Psychotherapeutic Counsellors at such intervals as are appropriate;

7.5.4 to meet at least four times a year;

7.5.5 to furnish the Governing Board and the Standards Board with minutes of its Meetings, except that all confidential matters affecting the registration of an individual shall be recorded separately and shall only be available to Members of the Registration Board, to officers of the Charity and to any committee of appeal;

7.5.6 to furnish the Governing Board with the number and nature of all complaints received.

In operational terms the Registration Board also conducts work on various issues relevant to the tasks noted above. In recent years these have included:

substantial work to review the use of 'label' in the UKCP register;
the development of revised registration protocols integrated with a new Registration Database;
review and redevelopment of the process for the Audit of the Register;
and consideration of questions relating to Direct Registration and Access to and Development of the National Register of Psychotherapists and Psychotherapeutic Counsellors.

The Registration Board is an active group that has representatives from all of UKCP's Modality Sections and primary Institutional Members and Special Members. This diversity of representation has provided scope for broad perspectives from across the profession (and indeed from members of related professions as well) to be applied to the subjects under consideration.

The Board meets four times each year at the UKCP's office and is support at these meetings - and in their work generally - by the CEO of UKCP, The Quality Assurance and Regulations Manager and The Registration Administrator.

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