Training and practice standards for counselling & psychotherapy exist (again) & will be imposed on all practitioners

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Julia Evans

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Apr 24, 2018, 12:12:32 PM4/24/18
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Hello,

The urge for government to standardise the Talking Therapies started in the 1990s, was given statutory backing by Parliament with the Health Professions Order 2001 and its being put in place was defeated in 2010 by action in Parliament and the funding of a Judicial Review. The David Cameron Government did not revive it.

BUT this Government has given in to the clamour who want the Government to authorise safe practitioners giving risk-free therapy. 

Colleagues in Alliance for Psychotherapy and Counselling (The Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy: Alliance blog  https://allianceblogs.wordpress.com/) spotted the following on the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy)  web-site
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Publication date: April 16, 2018

BACP, BPC and UKCP are jointly working on a groundbreaking project to set out the training requirements and practice standards for counselling and psychotherapy.

Many members will be aware of the collaboration between BACP, BPC and UKCP. One of the most important strands of this work is a project to map professional competencies for our professions.

Here we give a brief explanation of what the work is, why we are doing it, and the professional context in which it is being undertaken.

What the work is

The Scope of Practice and Education for the counselling and psychotherapy professions (SCoPEd) is a collaborative project being jointly undertaken by BACP, BPC and UKCP.

The project is systematically mapping existing competences, standards, training and practice requirements within counselling and psychotherapy. It is using an evidence-based approach to identify the different and overlapping competences between them.

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So we have been returned to this imaginary place where it is possible to standardise processes used in all the different forms of practice of psychotherapy.

This is of course entirely bonkers.

And in order to practice, it will be necessary to comply with this form of standardisation. 

The National Counselling Society Have started the resistance going with the following letter:

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The NCS letter is now on their website here :


They say individuals or groups wishing to add their support are very welcome to email them.
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At a quick glance through I do not entirely agree with them, though it is an excellent start. They concede too much when they state that minimum standards to ensure good practice can be established.
& when they assert that these standards and the rules and regulations will decrease risk and improve patient safety.

This looks unfortunately like the beginning of a campaign to stop this. The UKCP, British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy & British Psychoanalytic Council must not become the unique supplier of psychotherapists to the Government controlled market in the provision of approved treatments.

& there is much discussion of evidence based practice - see www.lacanianworks.net here http://www.lacanianworks.net/?cat=215  or http://www.lacanianworks.net/?cat=224 or http://www.lacanianworks.net/?cat=208  or http://www.lacanianworks.net/?cat=54 or go to Lacanian Works & choose your own category that interests you…..
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Julia Evans 
Mail to: je.la...@icloud.com
Website: www.LacanianWorks.net
Practicing Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Earl’s Court, London



Begin forwarded message:

From: Andy Rogers <Andrew...@sparsholt.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Important Profession Update
Date: 24 April 2018 at 09:15:52 BST

Alliance tweet linking to NCS letter here (get retweeting please!): https://twitter.com/Alliance4CP/status/988399471913562113
 
"mechanistic, technical and manualised understanding of therapeutic work can never do justice to the reality of practice" - National Counselling Society@ncs_media critique BACP/UKCP/BPC 'generic standards' for #counselling & #psychotherapy project #SCoPEd

Julia Evans

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Apr 25, 2018, 1:06:26 PM4/25/18
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If you are a Tweeter please re-Tweet:

‘Alliance for Counselling & Psychotherapy’ tweet linking to NCS letter (https://www.nationalcounsellingsociety.org/about-us/societystatements/) here (get retweeting please!): https://twitter.com/Alliance4CP/status/988399471913562113
 
“mechanistic, technical and manualised understanding of therapeutic work can never do justice to the reality of practice" - National Counselling Society@ncs_media critique BACP/UKCP/BPC 'generic standards' for #counselling & #psychotherapy project #SCoPEd  
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Julia Evans 
Mail to: je.la...@icloud.com
Website: www.LacanianWorks.net
Practicing Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Earl’s Court, London


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