The ground-breaking SCoPEd project aims to set out the training and practice standards for counselling and psychotherapy.
The consultation exercise, which was run by an independent research company on behalf of BACP, the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), attracted more than 7,000 responses from members of all three organisations alongside more than 70 responses from stakeholder organisations.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond to the consultation. We received a wide range of views from members of all the organisations and are looking forward to feeding your views back into the project. We are committed to working with our members on this important project, and your feedback is an essential part of the process.
The initial analysis tells us that
- 40% of respondents believe the draft framework would make it easier for patients or clients to find the right kind of help to meet their needs. While 24% felt it would make it harder.
- 54% felt the draft framework would make it easier for employers to establish which counsellors and psychotherapists to employ in their service. With 23% feeling the framework would make it harder.
- 61% of the respondents felt that the draft framework would make it easier for trainees to understand the pathways open to them for core training with adults. 23% felt the framework would make it harder for trainees.
- 54% also felt that the framework would make it easier for professional bodies to promote their members’ skills, compared to 21% who felt it would make it harder.
All three organisations felt it was important to share these early results at this stage.
More than 3,000 members and stakeholders submitted a comment as part of the consultation process. These are currently being analysed by the independent research company for the key themes, which will be published in the summer.
We were all very aware of the strength of feeling during the process and wanted to acknowledge this. Further independent analysis is now taking place on the rest of the member and stakeholder consultation. While we have an early indication that we should progress this work to explore, alongside our memberships, where it could lead us, we know that there is more work to do. Once we have understood the detail of the feedback, we will begin a plan of further engagement with our members, registrants and stakeholders to understand how we can develop the work.
This is an unprecedented piece of work, it will have its challenges, but we would like to thank everyone who has responded so far. We look forward to creating something that can be genuinely helpful for everyone involved in, or who benefits from the professions.
Andrew Reeves, Chair, BACP
Susanna Abse, Chair, BPC
Martin Pollecoff, Chair, UKCP
Hadyn Williams, Chief Executive, BACP
Gary Fereday, Chief Executive BPC
Sarah Niblock, Chief Executive UKCP
| Q1a - How will the framework affect clients or patients being able to find the right kind of help to meet their needs? Base: All respondents |
Total | Membership | ||
| BACP | BPC | UKCP | ||
| A | B | C | ||
| Total | 7087 100% |
5878 100% |
230 100% |
979 100% |
| It will make no difference (0) | 1477 21% |
1284 22% |
32 14% |
161 16% |
| I have no idea of the effect (0) | 1090 15% |
901 15% |
42 18% |
147 15% |
| NET: Harder | 1707 24% |
1562 27% |
26 11% |
119 12% |
| NET: Easier | 2813 40% |
2131 36% |
130 57% |
552 56% |
| Q1b - How will the framework affect employers being able to establish which counsellors and psychotherapists to employ in their service? Base: All respondents |
Total | Membership | ||
| BACP | BPC | UKCP | ||
| A | B | C | ||
| Total | 7087 100% |
5878 100% |
230 100% |
979 100% |
| It will make no difference (0) | 833 12% |
725 12% |
18 8% |
90 9% |
| I have no idea of the effect (0) | 802 11% |
685 12% |
19 8% |
98 10% |
| NET: Harder | 1616 23% |
1508 26% |
13 6% |
95 10% |
| NET: Easier | 3836 54% |
2960 50% |
180 78% |
696 71% |
| Q1c - How will the framework affect trainees in their understanding of the pathways open to them for core training with adults? Base: All respondents |
Total | Membership | ||
| BACP | BPC | UKCP | ||
| A | B | C | ||
| Total | 7087 100% |
5878 100% |
230 100% |
979 100% |
| It will make no difference (0) | 631 9% |
570 10% |
9 4% |
52 5% |
| I have no idea of the effect (0) | 550 8% |
481 8% |
14 6% |
55 6% |
| NET: Harder | 1603 23% |
1485 25% |
13 6% |
105 11% |
| NET: Easier | 4303 61% |
3342 57% |
194 84% |
767 78% |
| Q1d - How will the framework affect professional bodies being able to promote the skills and services of their members? Base: All respondents |
Total | Membership | ||
| BACP | BPC | UKCP | ||
| A | B | C | ||
| Total | 7087 100% |
5878 100% |
230 100% |
979 100% |
| It will make no difference (0) | 878 12% |
781 13% |
14 6% |
83 8% |
| I have no idea of the effect (0) | 872 12% |
764 13% |
27 12% |
81 8% |
| NET: Harder | 1492 21% |
1376 23% |
17 7% |
99 10% |
| NET: Easier | 3845 54% |
2957 50% |
172 75% |
716 73% |