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Counselling and Psychotherapy is currently an unregulated sector. This means Professionals use Voluntary Registers to maintain Safe & Ethical Practice.
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Professional Membership Services
Benefits to Support Therapeutic Professionals
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2 Hours FREE Professional Support per Annum
Discounted Indemnity Insurance*
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Community Learning Support
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APA's Community Learning Platform offers an Evolutionary collection of Seminars, Courses and Support Packages.
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORKING WITH A COUNSELLOR 0R PSYCHOTHERAPIST
All APA Counsellors / Psychotherapists (APA QAM Members) have met the UK highest Accreditation Level.
Qualifications (Minimum Level 4 Diploma)
Placement Verified
Supervision In Place
Insurance In Place
Self-Awareness Peer Review
APA Oath of Ethical Working
Ethical Recruitment & Training of Counsellors
Whether you are recruiting a Counsellor or Training future professionals, what should you know?
1. There is NO Govenment Approved Regulator - (Governing Body)
3. The Professional Standards Authority do NOT affiliate individual Professionals
2. VOLUNTARY REGISTERS are NOT sectorwide Regulators
4. Mandating Affiliation to a Voluntary Register is Closed Shop Recruitment
The Employment Act 1990 makes closed shop agreements illegal in the UK.
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Your Mental Health Matters
YOU MATTER
APA's FEATURES & PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
APA's Benevolent Fund
Providing dedicated support to Therapeutic Professionals in their times of need.
This is a Donation Based Service. The Benevolent Fund can only support Professionals, with your donations.
APA's Ethical & Psychological Awards
We aim to empower and encourage businesses, charities and all organisations to work to improve the psychological wellbeing of their teams.
These awards are intended to recognise and celebrate this work and achievement. No more hoop-jumping or box-ticking.
APA’s ethos is to drive solutions that work for the benefit of those in need, at the time of need. We seek to encourage growth of best practice and effective mental health support in the workplace.
End the Bottleneck Around Counselling & Psychotherapy
Thousands of Qualified Therapeutic Professionals are experiencing restrictive recruitment and indirect discrimination based on their affiliation to Voluntary Registers. This is causing a BOTTLENECK THAT DIRECTLY RESULTS IN LOSS OF LIFE.
With many employers unaware of the legal extent and, responsibilities of Charities, that hold a VOLUNTARY REGISTER, in this arena many are unwittingly being misled into maintaining this discriminatory manipulation, which is outside the protection of employment law.
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Public Announcements | Open Letters | Reports
Public Announcement on Converstion Practices
Public Announcement on Abuse of Professionals
Open Letter on SCoPEd
Open Letter on Restrictive Recruitment
Open Letter on Sector Transparancy
From our Early Days
APA's PROJECTS & INITIATVES
APA'S Projects and Initiatives are designed to showcase a new era in psychological Awareness, Resilience and Empowerment.
The Yellow Heart Team - A Free Suicide Prevention Appproach that puts focus on supporting the conditions to prevent a crisis.
#115 Therapeutic Support at the Point of Need.- Allowing those in need to access a qualified Therapeutic Professional at the time they reach out.
APA's Framework for Positive Mental Health - Supporting the integration of Positive Mental health in key areas of:
Children's Social Care | Education | Youth Engagement | Crime Reduction | Mental Health Infrastructure.
APA's Whistleblowing Proposal - A Positive Intervention to Enhance and Protect the integrity of the Whistleblowing Process.
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#theapaway Supporting those that support those in need