All ACC registered counsellors comply with our standards and adhere to our ethics and practice. If you are looking to see if a particular counsellor is registered with us, please use Check ACC register.
ACC’s registered and accredited counsellors/psychotherapists are recognised within the professional counselling/psychotherapy world as having achieved the appropriate education, skill, and knowledge to be able to practice safely in all settings. Our levels of membership map to the Scope of Practice and Education (SCoPEd) competency framework developed by six Professional Standards Authority accredited bodies, including ACC, BACP, and UKCP which represent over 75,000 counsellors and psychotherapists. ACC members are employed in the same way as other professional counsellors/psychotherapists, for example, the NHS, schools and universities, prisons, employee assistance services and private counselling/psychotherapy services. ACC members’ unique value is ensuring that clients have choice in selecting a counsellor or psychotherapist who shares, values and respects religious faith and spirituality. Importantly, ACC members work with people of all faiths and none, without discrimination, and within a code of ethics and practice.
As an example of the value of providing a service that is open to all, delivered by counsellors who are Christian, NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioned ACC to provide a counselling service to their employees between 2021 and 2023.
Accord is our members-only publication, created quarterly for professionals working in counselling and psychotherapy and linked professions, including pastoral care. It provides thought-provoking pieces about practice issues at the intersection of faith and spirituality and mental health and wellbeing. Whether you’re a practitioner, student or educator, the journal offers useful, up-to-date content to support your work and keep you connected to the wider counselling community.
Accord is edited by Claire Musters who can be contacted by emailing accord@acc-uk.org.Claire welcomes your ideas for future articles, so please feel free to contact her at the address above with your suggestions.
Members can access all issues by logging in and heading to E-Accord in the resources area.Non-members can read a selection of articles from accord using the link below.
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Qualifying training
If you are hoping to qualify as a counsellor, or progress in the profession, we have a directory of courses run by organisations affiliated with ACC at all levels. Visit our Find a training course.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with ACC
Throughout the year we offer relevant, enriching and affordable CPD training to support your continuing professional development as a counsellor/psychotherapist. We invite trusted and experienced trainers to deliver high quality teaching in-person and online. If you are an ACC member, you will receive regular emails about any upcoming ACC training as well as training delivered by members or associates, and free members-only forums.
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We are committed to promoting quality pastoral care through our training resources which enable pastoral carers to:
Each resource is delivered by experienced trainers, who encourage the sharing of experience, embrace discussion, facilitate participants to develop their skills, underpinning all, with scripture and prayer. All workshops & courses are delivered via Zoom in a safe and respectful online community. A workbook is provided and a certificate of attendance.
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We will start the day at 9.30am with training on “Exploring Trust in Counselling and Pastoral Care” by our Chair Sue Monckton-Rickett; the AGM itself will take place from 1pm to 4pm.
This two-session course is designed to equip pastoral carers to support their own holistic wellbeing. Supporting wellbeing is essential for pastoral carers as it protects carers from overload, compassion fatigue and burnout. As such, it also supports the ministry of pastoral care to be safe and sustainable for both the pastoral carer and those being cared for.
Workshop aim: To enable individuals, churches and Christian organisations involved in the ministry of pastoral care, to develop their understanding and application of good practice, so that it can be offered safely, effectively and with integrity.
ACC (Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions) have for several months received a number of enquiries regarding payments being debited from personal bank accounts from www.theacc.co.uk. Banks are signposting people with these unexpected payments of about £17, but we want to reassure you that these payments have not been requested or received by us as ACC do not take automatic payments in any of our undertakings and are therefore not responsible for these debits.
ACC and the SCoPEd partnership welcome the publication of ‘Staying Safe from Suicide’ by NHS England.
SCoPEd partnership announces new name and new website
