It is imperative that the public shall be protected by promoting high standards of conduct, education, training and competence among the professions of Counselling and Psychotherapy. This protection is currently offered through a process of self regulation. All of the bodies outlined in Appendix 1 provide codes of ethics and practice which their members must abide by. Each organisation also provides standards which a person must achieve before they are accredited as a Counsellor or Psychotherapist. Whilst this form of self regulation indeed provides protection to clients of those organizations, it falls short of optimal protection as under our common law system it is possible for any person to take the title Counsellor or Psychotherapist and practice accordingly without the required training and competence.

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