Regulation Of Counsellors And Psychotherapists

EDM number 431 in 2013-14, proposed by Geraint Davies on 16/07/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Health staff and professions, Mental health and Regulation.

That this House notes that anyone can set themselves up as a counsellor or psychotherapist without training or experience with no recourse for the patient if something goes wrong; further notes that there are more than 50,000 registered counsellors or psychotherapists and an unknown number unregistered; further notes that millions of people, often with mental health problems who are therefore vulnerable and at risk, are being given therapy in an unregulated industry with no uniform code of conduct or ethics; and calls on the Government to regulate counsellors and psychotherapists by bringing them into the jurisdiction of the Health and Care Professions Council.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.