About us
Talking therapy for adults, children, adolescents, parents and infants, couples, families and parents.
Located in the heart of Cambridge, 8AKP offers a uniquely comprehensive service, bringing together a team of highly qualified and experienced professionals to support your mental and emotional wellbeing.
We understand that choosing the right type of therapy, and the right therapist, can feel daunting. At 8AKP, we’re here to guide you through that process. We’ll help you find the practitioner and therapeutic approach that best align with your goals, preferences, and the kind of support you’re seeking on your therapeutic journey.
We provide a confidential, non-judgemental space where you can explore your emotional health, deepen your self-understanding, and work through patterns of behaviour that may no longer serve you. In collaboration with your therapist, you’ll have the opportunity to build resilience, foster insight, and move toward a greater sense of contentment.
Training, qualifications & experience
Our team includes:
- Psychotherapists
- Psychotherapeutic counsellors
- Counsellors
- Clinical and Counselling psychologists
All our therapists are aligned with at least one of the following professional and accrediting bodies:
- UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy)
- ACP (Association of Child Psychotherapists)
- BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
- BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies)
- BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council)
- NCPC (National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society)
- HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
- BPS (British Psychological Society)
Member organisations *
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Please contact individual therapists from their profile pages on the 8akp website to find out about fees and availability.
LOW COST THERAPY AVAILABLE
Please email us here to ask about low-cost therapy starting at £40 per 50-minute session.
When we work
We are open from 8am to 9am 7 days a week.
Further information
One of the aims of 8AKP is to provide people with information about different kinds of therapy, and different kinds of practitioners, to enable them to make informed choices about matching their needs to the appropriate specialist.
We are very happy to talk with you, in complete confidence, about what you are looking for and how your needs can best be addressed.
