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Accredited registers and the Professional Standards Authority
What a PSA-accredited register is, which counselling and psychotherapy bodies hold one, what accreditation does and does not guarantee, and how it …
Group work and facilitation
Group analysis, group psychotherapy and the organisational traditions that grew from them: what a therapy group actually does, and how it differs from …
How therapy is regulated in the UK
"Psychotherapist" and "counsellor" are not protected titles in the UK. Which titles are protected, why the statutory route was abandoned in 2011, and …
How to check a practitioner
A short, practical procedure for verifying a UK therapist: which register to search, what an entry proves, the traps that make a check look reassuring …
Psychotherapy and counselling: what talking therapy is
What talking therapy actually consists of, the difference between counselling and psychotherapy, the formats it comes in, and what the research says …
What a first appointment involves
The first meeting is usually an assessment rather than therapy: history, goals, risk questions, and the limits of confidentiality. What should be …