As a senior accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a registered member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), I believe our profession is behind the curve (All psychotherapists in England must be regulated, experts say, after abuse claims rise, 19 October).
The truth is that I could have set up in practice without going through the rigorous processes that these two organisations require of me. The fact that I chose to be held accountable to two separate bodies is because I know that what psychotherapists and counsellors do is deeply important.
