Updated 1 July 2005

In February 2005 the Department of Health (DH) funded BACP and UKCP to carry out research into the provision of counselling and psychotherapy training in the UK and the standards of that training and the codes of ethics and practice and conduct processes of all registering / accrediting counselling and psychotherapy organisations. This work was carried out jointly by BACP and UKCP with the involvement and cooperation of all the accrediting and registering bodies in the field who comprised a wider reference group. Some of you will have received and completed questionnaires last May as part of this project.

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So, why would you want to read this long report?

• Do you want to know how many training courses there are?
• Do you want to know how many theoretical approaches are taught?
• Did you know that two thirds of us practice as counsellors and only one third as psychotherapists?
• How many of us work entirely in a voluntary capacity? Less than you might think – see page 20 of the report.
• How many sessions do people do with their clients? Is this different for psychotherapists, counsellors, analysts – see page 22.
• Where do we work – see page 27. Only a third of us work in the health sector.
• Who is responsible for training standards? There are lots of different organisations – see page 36 – who recognise the standards of your training course.
• How many complaints do counselling/psychotherapy organisations receive each year – see pages 50 and 51.

Appendix 1 shows the organisations who took part in the wider reference group and appendix 2 shows the organisations whose members took part in the questionnaire to produce the above information.

If you have any questions about sections and information in the report please contact Sally Aldridge at sally.aldridge@bacp.co.uk