There are several different professional membership bodies that counsellors and psychotherapists can join. If you are considering counselling or psychotherapy it is worthwhile checking the relevant websites or contacting the organisations concerned which include: The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, The British Psychotherapy Foundation, The British Psychological Society, The UK Council for Psychotherapy. By doing this you will be able to find out: how the professional organisations operate, what qualifications, training and experience they demand of their members, whether they have a code of practice and ethics, whether there is a disciplinary and complaints procedure, whether they require members to have insurance cover to protect you if things go wrong. For more information, please search the directory for the individual organisation’s entries. We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.