About BACP

The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) is a registered charity charged with the promotion and regulation of counselling and psychotherapy for public benefit in the four Home Countries of the United Kingdom. 

BACP is a European brand leader in the field of psychotherapy/counselling as well as Europe's largest psychotherapy/counselling organisation with nearly 30,000 individual and organisational members.

BACP's Ethical Framework, its Professional Code of Conduct and its accreditation standards are accepted internationally as models of best practice in therapeutic regulation. 

BACP:

• Sets, develops and monitors standards for the proper professional practice of counselling and psychotherapy. 
• Keeps members up-to-date with developments in the field of psychological therapy.
• Provides the largest online credentials register of psychotherapists and counsellors in the UK.
• Works with large and small organisations within the sector - eg. advising schools on how to set up a counselling service, assisting the NHS on service provision, working with voluntary agencies and supporting independent practitioners.
• Provides a range of services to help meet the needs of anyone seeking information about counselling and psychotherapy.

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