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NHS Pathways

Students enter final year of landmark psychotherapeutic training

Regulation of the profession

A recent article in The Guardian “All psychotherapists in England must be regulated, experts say, after abuse claims rise” (read article here), raised the issue of the dangers of psychotherapists not being regulated and that MPs would consider lobbying the government to revisit statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling. The MPs concern seems to arise from reports of a rise in lawsuits by patients for alleged harm done during therapy.

Coalition of mental health organisations to tackle the impacts of climate change

ACC has joined other leading mental health organisations to form a coalition calling for more support to protect the UK’s mental health in the face of climate change.

Being Rooted: Address at ACC National Conference 2024

BY CHRISTINE PINDER

Thoughts on World Suicide Prevention Day

By Sue Monckton-Rickett

Warning to members of the public

ACC (Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions) have recently received a number of enquiries regarding payments being debited from personal bank accounts from www.theacc.co.uk.  Please be aware that ACC does not have any connection to www.theacc.co.uk and are not responsible for these debits.  ACC do not take automatic payments in any of their undertakings.

ACC’s response to UKCP’s withdrawal from MoU

ACC note that the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) has taken the decision to withdraw its signature from the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy in the UK v2 (MoU) and its membership of the Coalition Against Conversion Therapy. You can read the UKCP statement in full here. ACC will be asking for a discussion with the coalition about the concerns that have led UKCP to this decision. 

The motivation to become a counsellor

By Heather Barton

SCoPEd partnership update

The six SCoPEd partners are providing this update on the important work currently underway with regards to the SCoPEd framework implementation, governance and impact assessment.

On research ethics

By Dr Janet E. Penny