BACP Healthcare

promoting and supporting excellence in healthcare counselling and psychotherapy

BACP Healthcare is a division of BACP with approaching 2000 members and is a forum for providers of psychological therapies in healthcare settings, either within the public, private and/or the third sector. Most BACP Healthcare members work in the NHS in primary, secondary and/or palliative care.

Shared aims of BACP and BACP Healthcare

To promote and support:

• Patient choice
• Accessible services
• Competent, professional therapists
• Effective and efficient service delivery

BACP Healthcare delivers its aims in partnership with BACP by providing:

• Information to the public - click here to email an enquiry
• Information to members - on issues such as Agenda for Change, ethics, and research click here to email an enquiry
• Consultation with government departments and associated agencies in the four British nations
• Publications - including a quarterly journal, best practice guidelines, information sheets and commissioned research
• Training and CPD opportunities for counsellors such as training events and conferences
• Support to regional networks of NHS counsellors and interest groups