UKAPC is a federation of Member Organisations which have equality of status and representation and which are committed to the following mission statement:

MISSION STATEMENT

Principles

UKAPC is an organisation which provides a bridge between basic counselling, care and psychotherapy. It represents training organisations associated with a high standard of training and ethics, quality of service delivery, and a commitment to best practice. All Member Organisations are required to have standards that conform to UKAPC's guidelines for standards of training and ethics

UKAPC aims particularly to encourage and represent smaller training organisations which wish to facilitate their graduates' entry to becoming registered with UKCP.

Member Organisations must encourage equality of opportunity and anti-oppressive practice in ways which are consistent with UKAPC Guidelines.

Each Member Organisation must have a written constitution, or its equivalent, which is compatible with UKAPC Regulations

Organisation

To provide a federal forum for member organisations; this will be self-regulatory in terms of providing:

• Membership of the Governing Body with powers of election and policy making and development
• Training standards
• Ethical practice
• Accreditation and re-accreditation of courses provided by Member Organisations
• Grievance and complaints procedures
• Equality of opportunity in terms of access, support, and theoretical flexibility

Objectives

• To maintain and encourage high standards of therapeutic counselling practice, supervision and training, through the recognition of training programmes and registration of graduates of the programmes.  These standards are set out in the Training Standards document and demonstrated by Member Organisations through the Organisational Audit.
• To encourage and engage in collaborative relations with other Psychotherapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy Organisations.
• To promote education and research into the practice of Psychotherapeutic Counselling
• To promote the training of Trainers and Supervisors in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
• To establish and publish a Register of Psychotherapeutic Counsellors, Trainers and Supervisors

DEFINITION OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING

Psychotherapeutic Counselling is a form of counselling in depth which adopts a relational mode; the main focus being the client's personal development in the context of their life and current circumstances

The underlying principles are:

• A commitment to excellence in
• The use of self, based on
• An in depth understanding of the relationship with clients that will
• Facilitate the client's realisation of their existential potential

Psychotherapeutic Counselling may be applied in the therapeutic modalities of

• Individual work with adults
• Children and young people
• Group work
• Couples work