Professional Registration
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Self-regulated mental health professions
In the UK, many mental health and wellbeing roles are self-regulated, meaning they do not require statutory registration with a government regulator. These include roles such as counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches and mental health support workers.
While registration is not legally required, many practitioners choose to join professional bodies that set standards for training, ethics, supervision and ongoing development.
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees this landscape by accrediting voluntary registers through its Accredited Registers programme. Although the PSA does not regulate individuals directly, accreditation provides assurance that a register meets recognised standards for professional practice and public protection.
Explore accredited registers accepted for harmonia verification.
Association for Animals, Horticultural & Equine Practitioners (AAHEP)
Formerly the Athena Herd Foundation
- Promotes and maintains client confidence and public credibility in the benefits of Equine Facilitated Interactions.
- Holds an accredited register of wellbeing and healthcare practitioners who are working with horses to complement or enhance their professional practices.
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (ACC)
- Responsible for training and practice standards for its members and provides information to the public about counselling and linked professions.
- Holds an accredited register of Christian counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.
Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
- Responsible for training and practice standards for its members and provides information to the public about child psychotherapy.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapists in the UK.
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
- The largest membership organisation in the UK that sets standards for therapeutic practice and provides information for therapists, clients of therapy, and the general public.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.
British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT)
- Works to relieve the needs of children, young people and adults suffering emotional and behavioural difficulties by promoting the art and science of Play Therapy and promoting high standards in the practice of Play Therapy.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of Play Therapists in the UK.
British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)
- Professional association for the psychoanalytic professions, helps to protect the public by accrediting high-quality trainings, holding a public Register of qualified psychoanalytic clinicians and investigating concerns.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapists, and psychodynamic counsellors in the UK.
British Psychological Society (BPS)
- The British Psychological Society (BPS) runs the Wider Psychological Workforce register of Wellbeing Practitioners and Associate Psychologists and is responsible for the promotion of excellence and ethical practice in the science, education and application of the discipline.
- Its members working as practitioner psychologists under protected titles are regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Holds several accredited registers for Practitioner Psychologists in the UK including the Wider Psychological Workforce Register.
CBT Register UK (AREBT & BABCP)
- The CBT Register UK is a joint national register of all AREBT and BABCP accredited members.
- Jointly holds accredited register of Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and practitioners of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy practitioners in the UK.
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
- The CNHC is a voluntary regulator of complementary healthcare practitioners
- They register complementary healthcare practitioners from 18 professions including
- Hypnotherapists
- Nutritional Therapists
- Complementary Therapists (see full list)
COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
- Scotland’s professional body for counselling and psychotherapy – sets standards for its registrants in the practice of counselling and psychotherapy and is committed to increasing access to counselling and psychotherapy services.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Scotland.
Human Givens Institute
- A global organisation concerned with unifying the most effective forms of counselling and psychotherapy into a truly biopsychosocial approach
- It advances all aspects of Human Givens therapeutic practice, including standards, continued professional development and the ethical behaviour of members.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of fully-qualified human givens (HG) therapists.
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
- Professional home for talking therapists, representing and supporting counsellors, psychotherapists, the public and our profession. Join us in protecting and promoting the heart of counselling and psychotherapy.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in the UK.
National Hypnotherapy Society
- A Learned Society whose primary purpose is the advancement of the knowledge of hypnotherapy (a modality of psychotherapy or counselling).
- The Society seeks to contribute to public wellbeing both through the use of hypnotherapy and by ensuring that hypnotherapists are safe, competent and ethical in practice.
- Holds the first and only PSA accredited register of fully-qualified hypnotherapists in the UK.
Play Therapy UK (PTUK)
- Play Therapy UK exists to further the good practice of therapeutic work with children. This includes improving children's wellbeing as well as alleviating behaviour and mental health problems.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of Play Therapists and Creative Arts Therapists in the UK.
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
- Leading organisation for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK. Alongside offering professional support for our members, we are the leading research, innovation and educational body working to advance psychotherapies for the benefit of all.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK.
UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners (UKAHPP)
- Sets registration and accreditation standards of practice for Psychotherapists and Psychotherapeutic Counsellors with a training in Humanistic Psychology, a holistic approach to therapy, which holds centrally an individual's capacity to draw upon inner resources to give meaning and direction to traumatic and disabling life experiences.
- Holds a PSA accredited register of Psychotherapists and Psychotherapeutic Counsellors in the UK.
Regulated Professions & Protected Titles
Explore mental health roles that require statutory registration in the UK.
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