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12th June 2005
BACP and UKCP questionnaire

This is a transcript of the joint BACP and UKCP website questionnaire that claims to be mapping the territory of UK psychopractice on behalf of the DoH.

NB for review only, not completion.

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WELCOME

Thank you for visiting the joint BACP and UKCP website, for the 'Towards the Statutory Regulation of Counselling and Psychotherapy' project. This work has been funded by the Department of Health.

We hope that you will take the opportunity to contribute to this project by completing the online questionnaire in relation to your counselling and psychotherapy practice and training.

Please note: to enable you to answer question 5 of the questionnaire you will need to download this document – Appendix 1

We are also distributing a paper copy of this questionnaire to a selected sample of 10,000 counsellors or psychotherapists. If you have received a postal version then please use this online version as an alternative. We ask that you only complete this questionnaire once to ensure that the outcome is not skewed because of the over-representation of one particular group. It will not be possible to identify any individual from the responses given.

The results provided will be used to inform a report to the Department of Health. It is therefore important that we get a response from as many counsellors and psychotherapists as possible. The information provided may be used to inform future decisions regarding the proposed statutory regulation of the professions.

You will also find a copy of an open letter which has been provided for our use to further explain the remit of this work. The two documents can be accessed below by following the link to questionnaire and letter.

The date for completion of our report is 30 June 2005. To allow time for us to compile the report we will only be able to include, in our analysis, questionnaire responses made by 31 May 2005.

Thank you for your time and participation.

James Pollard Sally Aldridge

Project Co-ordinator – UKCP Project Co-ordinator – BACP


It is the purpose of this questionnaire to investigate links between training and professional practice the questionnaire is being made available to a wide range of professionals without regard to the established distinctions between the different professions. In so far as it is possible to achieve a fair representation this is being attempted through sampling members of representative professional organisations and independent practitioners.

The purpose of this questionnaire is to investigate links between the work that psychotherapists, counsellors and associated professionals are carrying out and the training and qualifications that they have achieved. The terms psychotherapist and counsellor are used throughout but it is recognised, explicitly in the first question, that there are other titles in use.

Please complete the questionnaire that follows in relation to your training and work experience.

Q1 Please identify the title that you use to describe yourself (Please mark one box only)

Analyst

Counsellor

Psychoanalyst

Psychologist

Psychotherapist

Therapist

Other


Q2) Please identify the main theoretical basis for your work (Please mark one

box only)

Adlerian

Behavioural

Cognitive

Existential

Freudian

Humanistic

Integrative

Neuro-linguistic

Psychoanalytic

Solution focused

Transactional Analysis

Art Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioural

Eclectic

Family Therapy

Gestalt

Hypno-psychotherapy

Jungian

Person-Centred

Psychodynamic

Systemic

Transpersonal

Other (please specify)

Q3) Please identify theoretical perspectives which you regard as close to your own. (Please mark no more than two boxes)

Adlerian

Behavioural

Cognitive

Existential

Freudian

Humanistic

Integrative

Neuro-linguistic

Psychoanalytic

Solution focused

Transactional Analysis

Art Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioural

Eclectic

Family Therapy

Gestalt

Hypno-psychotherapy

Jungian

Person-Centred

Psychodynamic

Systemic

Transpersonal

Other (please specify)

Q4) Have you successfully completed a counselling or psychotherapy training

Yes (Please answer parts a, b c and d of question 4)

No (Please proceed to question 5)

a) Please identify the highest relevant award that you received

Certificate

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Degree

Membership of a professional body

NVQ

Post graduate Diploma

Masters

PhD

Other (please specify)


b) Please identify by whom this was awarded Awarding Body (usually linked with a College)

Private Training Provider

University

Other (please specify)

ii) Please give the year in which you completed your training

b) Which was the subject of your training

Counselling

Psychotherapy

Mixture of both counselling and psychotherapy

Other (please specify)

c) Please identify the main theoretical perspective that informed your training

Adlerian

Behavioural

Cognitive

Existential

Freudian

Humanistic

Integrative

Neuro-linguistic

Psychoanalytic

Solution focused

Transactional Analysis

Art Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioural

Eclectic

Family Therapy

Gestalt

Hypno-psychotherapy

Jungian

Person-Centred

Psychodynamic

Systemic

Transpersonal

Other (please specify)

d) Please identify other theoretical perspectives which were also important in your training

(Please mark no more than two boxes)

Adlerian

Behavioural

Cognitive

Existential

Freudian

Humanistic

Integrative

Neuro-linguistic

Psychoanalytic

Solution focused

Transactional Analysis

Art Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioural

Eclectic

Family Therapy

Gestalt

Hypno-psychotherapy

Jungian

Person-Centred

Psychodynamic

Systemic

Transpersonal

Other (please specify)

Q5) Please identify all of the organisations of which you are a member. A list of member organisations can be found at Appendix 1 on page 8. Please identify the appropriate number for each organisation that you have membership. For example if you are a member of Association of Family Therapy and British Association of Play Therapy then you would record 3 and 16 in the boxes below.

Q6) Please identify all of the organisations with whom you are registered/accredited (Please

mark as many boxes as are appropriate)

Association of Christian Counsellors

British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

British Association for the Person Centred Approach

British Association of Play Therapy

British Confederation of Psychotherapists

British Infertility Counselling Association

British Psychological Society

COSCA

Counselling Ltd.

Counsellors in Primary Care


Q6 cont..) Please identify all of the organisations with whom you are registered/accredited

(Please mark as many boxes as are appropriate)

European Association for Counselling

Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Play Therapy (UK)

Relate

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Tavistock Society for Psychotherapists

UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners

United Kingdom Association of Therapeutic Counsellors

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

United Kingdom Register of Counsellors

Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling Association

Other (please specify)


Q7) How many hours a week do you work as a counsellor or psychotherapist with clients/patients?

(Please mark one box only)

Up to 4 hours

5-10 hours

11 – 20 hours

More than 20 hours

Q8) What percentage of your working life is devoted to work other than the practice of psychotherapy and counselling in which you make significant use of skills and understanding gained from psychotherapy and counselling? (Please mark one box only)

1% - 20%

21%-40%

41%-60%

61%-80%

81%-100%

Q9) Are you paid for your work as a psychotherapist or counsellor?

Yes No Mixture of both paid and voluntary

Q10) Do you work for an organisation as a psychotherapist or counsellor?

Yes (please complete parts a, b and c of question 10)

No (please proceed to question 11)

a) Please identify the title that your employer(s) uses to describe you. (Please mark as many

boxes as are appropriate)

Analyst

Counsellor

Psychoanalyst

Psychologist

Psychotherapist

Therapist

Other (please specify)

b) Does your organisation require you to receive supervision / consultative support on your work for them?

Yes No

c) Does your organisation require you to receive managerial supervision on your work for them?

Yes No

Q11) Please identify all the context(s) in which you work:

If you work within more than one context please rate each area with 1 indicating the context

in which you spend the most time, 2 would indicate a context in which you spent slightly less

time and so on

Agency

Employee Assistance Programme

Independent Practice

Primary Care

Prison

Secondary School

Community Mental Health Team

Further Education College

Pastoral Care

Primary School

Secondary Care

University

Other (please specify)

Q12) Please identify the client groups that you work with (Please mark as many boxes as are

appropriate)

Adult

Child

Couple

Family

Group


Q13) Please identify the issues/problems you state that you work with (Please mark as many boxes as are appropriate)

Abuse

Adoption

Anxiety

Cancer

Cultural Issues

Disability

Employment Difficulties

Identity Problems

Obsessions

Post-traumatic Stress

Relationships

Sexual Problems

Spirituality

Addiction(s)

AIDS/HIV

Bereavement

Child-related Issues

Depression

Eating Disorders

Health related

Infertility

Phobias

Psychiatric Disorder

Sexual Identity

Sexuality

Stress

Other (please specify)


Q14) Please identify the typical duration of your work with clients/patients

Less than 6 sessions

Between 6 and 10 sessions

Between 11 and 20 sessions

Sessions lasting between 6 and 12 months

Sessions lasting between 12 and 24 months

More than 24 months

Other (please specify)

Q15) Do you use the theoretical approach/modality that you have identified in your response

to question 2 in your work with all clients

Yes

No

Q16) Do you use any other theoretical approaches in your work with clients?

Yes (Please complete parts a and b of question 16)

No (Thank you. You have now completed all parts of the questionnaire)

Adlerian

Behavioural

Cognitive

Existential

Freudian

Humanistic

Integrative

Neuro-linguistic

Psychoanalytic

Solution focused

Transactional Analysis

Art Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioural

Eclectic

Family Therapy

Gestalt

Hypno-psychotherapy

Jungian

Person-Centred

Psychodynamic

Systemic

Transpersonal

a)Please identify any other approaches that you use

Other (please specify)

b) Please provide details on how you learned about the these approaches (Please mark as many boxes as are appropriate)

Conference

Reading

Supervision

Experience in the client role

Short course (less than 1 week)

Training (more than one week)

Other (please specify)

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Your assistance is appreciated.

Please click on the send button

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Appendix 1 – List of Membership Organisations

1 Arbours Association

2 Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapists

3 Association for Family Therapy

4 Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy s

5 Association of Child Psychotherapists

6 Association of Christian Counsellors

7 Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care

8 Association of Independent Psychotherapists

9 Association of Jungian Analysts

10 Association of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

11 Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling

12 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

13 British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy

14 British Association for the Person Centred Approach

15 British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

16 British Association of Play Therapy

17 British Association of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision

18 British Autogenic Society

19 British Confederation of Psychotherapists

20 British Infertility Counselling Association

21 British Psychodrama Association

22 British Psychological Society

23 Cambridge Society for Psychotherapy

24 Canterbury Consortium of Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Psychotherapists

25 Caspari Foundation

26 Centre for Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

27 Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education

28 Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education

29 Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research

30 Centre Training International School for Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy

31 Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy

32 Confederation for Analytical Psychologists

33 COSCA

34 Counsellors in Primary Care

35 European Association for Counselling

36 Family Institute

37 Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals

38 Forum for Independent Psychotherapists

39 Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling

40 Gestalt Psychotherapy and Training Institute

41 Group Analysis South West

42 Guild of Analytical Psychology and Spirituality

43 Guild of Psychotherapists

44 Hallam Institute of Psychotherapy

45 Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists

46 Independent Practitioners Network 93 Women’s Therapy Centre

47 Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education 94 48 Institute of Family Therapy

49 Institute of Group Analysis

50 Institute of Psychosynthesis

51 Institute of Psychotherapy and Social Studies

52 Institute of Transactional Analysis

53 Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

54 Karuna Institute

55 Kensington Consultation Centre

56 Liverpool Psychotherapy Diploma Organisation

57 London Association of Primal Psychotherapists

58 London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy

59 Metanoia Institute

60 Minster Centre

61 Nafsiyat

62 National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy

63 National Register of Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists

64 National School of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy

65 Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy Counselling Association

66 North West Institute for Dynamic Psychotherapy

67 Northern Guild for Psychotherapy

68 PCP Education and Training

69 Philadelphia Association

70 Play Therapy (UK)

71 Psychosynthesis and Education Trust

72 Re-Vision

73 Relate

74 Royal College of Psychiatrists

75 Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute

76 School of Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regents College

77 Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy

78 Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute

79 Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis

80 Society for Existential Analysis

81 Society of Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists

82 South Trent Training in Dynamic Psychotherapy

83 Spectrum

84 Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships

85 Tavistock Society for Psychotherapists

86 The Gestalt Centre London

87 UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners

88 United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

89 Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling Association

90 Vaughan Association of Psychodynamic Psychotherapists

91 West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy

92 Westminster Pastoral Foundation

93 Women’s Therapy Centre

94 Other (Please specify)

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