Comments on: £170m plan to train more therapists http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/blog/2008/02/27/170m-plan-to-train-more-therapists/ The latest news related to mental health issues Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Glenys Arthur http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/blog/2008/02/27/170m-plan-to-train-more-therapists/#comment-58136 Glenys Arthur Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:07:37 +0000 http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/blog/2008/02/27/170m-plan-to-train-more-therapists/#comment-58136 How typically paradoxical! At a time when MORE talk therapies are needed, the government are about to up the training requirements! From 2010 ALL counsellors will have to register with HPC in order to practise. This registration will require a minimum qualification of Level 5 equivalent ~ ie not the Diploma now seen as practitioner level. What happened to the initiative that ALL GP surgeries should have counsellors attached? When was that stepped down to "access to counselling services"? How typically paradoxical! At a time when MORE talk therapies are needed, the government are about to up the training requirements! From 2010 ALL counsellors will have to register with HPC in order to practise.

This registration will require a minimum qualification of Level 5 equivalent ~ ie not the Diploma now seen as practitioner level.

What happened to the initiative that ALL GP surgeries should have counsellors attached? When was that stepped down to “access to counselling services”?

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