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EDI-BIIDE Action Plan

The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Belonging, Intersectionality, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (EDI-BIIDE) Action Plan sets out to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and intersectionality are at the heart of UKCP's work – for our members, our volunteers, our staff and, crucially, for the public with whom we and our members interact professionally.

Code of ethics

The UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (2019) was a four-and-a-half-year project by our Ethics Committee and other UKCP stakeholders, including the Complaints and Regulation and Quality Assurance Teams.

Universities Training College (UTC)

The Universities Training College (UTC) brings together a wide range of university-based counselling and psychotherapy programmes. It therefore covers a wide range of psychotherapy approaches and experience.

Remuneration, Appointments and Performance Management Committee (RAPMC)

The Remuneration, Appointments and Performance Management Committee (RAPMC) reports and advises the Board of Trustees on matters concerning the remuneration of trustees, committee chairs and college personnel. In addition, the committee regularly reviews the performance of the Chief Executive and reports their findings to the Board of Trustees. The RAPMC is also responsible for overseeing all appointments within UKCP to ensure that all recruitment is open, transparent and fair and to ensure the organisation has volunteers with the right skills, values and behaviours to respond to the current and future needs of the UKCP.

Learning from complaints: psychotherapy contracts

A psychotherapy contract is an agreement between therapist and client. Even if you don’t issue a written contract, you will have some form of contract in place with your clients because a verbal agreement is a contract.

Psychotherapeutic Counselling and Intersubjective Psychotherapy College (PCIPC)

What distinguishes psychotherapeutic counselling from traditional counselling is the emphasis it places on the in-depth therapeutic relationship jointly created by the therapist and the client. This relationship is a central factor.

Professional Regulatory Committee of the Colleges and Faculties (PRCCF)

The Professional Regulatory Committee of the Colleges and Faculties (PRCCF) is made up of chairs of all colleges and faculties or their designated alternate.

Professional Conduct Committee (PCC)

Membership committee

The Membership Committee works with UKCP colleges and the regulation team to:

Members forum representatives