This year we launched our first awards aimed at counsellors and those championing counselling. It is an idea that has not gone without some contention but the responses we have had once the ball got rolling have made all the planning and effort worthwhile. What we wanted to do with these awards was to celebrate counsellors for the work they do and present examples of Read More …
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National Counsellors’ Day 2020 – a brilliant weekend!
It has been a week since we marked National Counsellors Day with our online conference and the admin team are still processing the event. Anyone who attended is likely to be too. By the close of sales, we had had over 1000 people purchase a ticket. That is such a phenomenal response, we have been truly blown away. It was also a huge compliment to Read More …
National Counsellors’ Day 2020 Online Conference – Tickets available NOW from just £1!
National Counsellors’ Day 2020 Online Conference – Tickets available NOW from just £1!
Launching the UK’s first National Counselling Awards – 2020
Bringing you UK’s first National Counselling Awards. The purpose of the awards is to celebrate the work we do in the counselling profession. The aim of the awards is to lift up and support each other whilst raising the profile of the counselling profession.
Congratulations to the Psychotherapy and Counselling Union on their 4th year
The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union (PCU) was founded in 2016 and has become increasingly popular with counsellors and psychotherapists across the UK. On 25th April 2020 they held their annual AGM where they said goodbye to Richard Bagnall-Oakley and welcomed Julie Lyons as the new Secretary. CTUK would wish Juliet every success in her new role and thank Richard for his time and dedication in Read More …
Open letter to BACP Chair to reconsider positions on low income membership fees and policies
What are we asking the BACP to do?
1. Reconsider their position to deny members a fee break in a time of severe hardship.
2. To reassess their discriminatory policies that hold counsellors in a cycle of poverty yet also beholden to the BACP to remain available for counselling work.
Dr Elizabeth Cotton’s research into COVID-19 responses
Calling all counsellors and psychotherapists to participant in this important research and share your experiences of work during the coronavirus pandemic.
BACP members employment survey request – open letter to BACP Chair
**Edit – BACP’s response is at the end of this post.** Dear Natalie Bailey (Chair) / BACP I write this open letter to you today on behalf of Counsellors Together UK to ask if you would be willing to repeat your 2014 members employment research survey, please? We are particularly interested in the following. In 2014 your members survey showed us that; • The typical Read More …
Dear Therapist, I see you.
Dear Therapist I see you. I see you caring for others, holding space for them to share their worries, anxieties and stress. I see you. I see you feeling the exact same feelings that your clients bring to you, that you share in their heartache and heartbreak. I see you. I see you worrying about your own health, your friends and family too. I see Read More …
CTUK Members lead EAP Policy change
We wanted to extend a big congratulations to the members of Counsellors Together UK. As you may be aware, a lot of our work involves admin engaging in discussions online with members of the public, counsellors, membership bodies and other organisations. On the 16th March 2020, Glenna wrote a tweet about the way some Employment Assistant Programs (EAPs) were reducing payments to their counsellors who Read More …