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article 2 October 2025

Commission for the future of counselling and psychotherapy

ACC is proud to be part of the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) and welcomes the launch of an independently chaired Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Commission will hold a series of four structured, thematic roundtable sessions, with the first one taking place on 16 October 2025. The sessions will bring together voices from across the sector, decision-makers and those with lived experience.

article 30 May 2025

Concerns regarding unexpected payment taken by “theacc.co.uk” or “ai-acc.co.uk”

A further update on concerns regarding unexpected payment taken by “theacc.co.uk” or “ai-acc.co.uk”

article 11 April 2025

NHS England publishes – Staying Safe from Suicide

ACC and the SCoPEd partnership welcome the publication of ‘Staying Safe from Suicide’ by NHS England.

article 11 April 2025

SCoPEd partnership announces new name and new website

SCoPEd partnership announces new name and new website

article 7 January 2025

NHS Pathways

Students enter final year of landmark psychotherapeutic training

article 24 October 2024

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.

article 23 October 2024

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.

article 30 August 2024

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.