British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

The BACP is a large organisation that many counsellors around the UK are registered with. They're not only a charity but also an accrediting body that set certain standards and codes of ethics for counsellors and psychotherapists to adhere to. If counsellors are accredited by the BACP it means they have completed a certain amount of training and practice under supervision of the BACP. Some counsellors are members but not yet accredited which simply means they are working towards their accreditation.

The British Association for Counselling was established in the 1970's but it wasn't until September 2000 that they recognised the need to represent psychotherapy as well as counselling, therefore changing their name to the British Association for counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

This charity is by far the biggest and most well known accrediting body across the UK who works with both individual counsellors and organisations.