Membership Criteria for Therapist

UKAHPP is an equal opportunities organisation. If the procedure for applying for membership is not appropriate to your situation, please let our Administrator know so that we can respond appropriately.

1. Qualification route 2. Experience route 3. Equal opportunities route

Requirements for Full Membership and Accreditation by any route:

Supervision. To be accredited, all applicants must have been and agree to be in supervision with a more experienced practitioner for a minimum of 5 years post-training at a rate of not less than 11/2 hours per month. Applicants must also agree to increase the frequency of therapy supervision if carrying a high caseload or having a high stress level. Peer supervision on its own is not regarded as acceptable for trainees and inexperienced Therapists. Evidence of counselling supervision through statements by past and present supervisors must be provided. Therapy supervision is NOT line management and should be clearly distinguished from such.

Personal therapy. To be accredited, applicants must have had at least 80 hours of personal therapy consistent with their own core theoretical model, normally with the same practitioner. Applicants must also have experienced the same frequency and length of therapy as that which they are offering, for example, Therapists offering twice weekly therapy, or longer duration therapy, must have experienced that frequency or duration themselves.

Orientation. Applicants must show understanding and use of humanistic approaches. Other approaches can be included where they are integrated with a humanistic approach.

Training. All applicants must have at least 450 tutored hours.

Evidence of all training and supervision will be required.

1. Qualification route:
Practice. Applicants who have completed an appropriate diploma or degree level course in counselling must have a minimum of 3 years' supervised practice of which 2 years must be after completion of training. Applicants must have completed at least 450 hours of supervised practice. During the past 2 years a caseload of at least 6 clients must have been maintained with the same supervisor, and there must be a minimum caseload of 6 clients at the time of application.

2. Experience route.
Practice. Where no acceptable qualification has been obtained, applicants should have worked for a minimum of 8 years and achieved a minimum of 900 hours' supervised practice. Accreditation in this category by the experience route would be dependent on a yearly supervisor's report from a humanistic or integrative supervisor approved by UKAHPP for the first 5 years of membership.

3. Equal opportunities route. Applicants with disabilities for whom the UKAHPP application process is inappropriate must present a case for their acceptance in whatever form they find appropriate. With this exception,

all applications must be made by the application forms which are obtainable from:

Ian Doucet UKAHPP Administrator
BCM AHPP LONDON WCIN 3XX
(tel: 08457 660326 fax: 01348 840845)