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Our Ethics team and Therapy Today readers consider this month’s dilemma. Therapy Today, February 2023

A recognition of prior learning (RPL) route that’s temporarily available for previous senior accredited members (awarded prior to 2023), now accredited members, who were unable to apply for our revised senior accredited membership category during the SCoPEd transition period.

For registered members who’ve successfully completed core training that meets the eligibility for individual accreditation but haven’t completed either a BACP accredited course or a BACP accredited or approved progression training course aligned to column B of the SCoPEd framework since initial qualification.

'I would say that I specialise in addiction and eating disorders, mainly because this is primarily what my clients come to see me about, but I also work with anxiety, depression, relational issues and bereavement'. Therapy Today, May 2024

‘Another way of connecting with practitioners is by joining BACP’s Communities of Practice, an ethical online community for sharing knowledge among diverse practitioners, from beginners to experts, which every member has access to.’ BACP Workplace, January 2024

"Mental health professionals now lead a working life that they said could never be done." Regular column from Sandi Mann. BACP Workplace, July 2020

It’s essential that clients are seen and heard in all of their complexity. Private Practice, June 2020

Our profession rightly demands that we are to be accountable and maintain certain standards for the safety of our clients and ourselves, writes Jude Adcock. Private Practice, June 2020