PsyPrax reports by Janet Low
34 UKCP election results
35 State Machinery IAPT NICE etc
36 Collapse of GSCC
37 HPC fudge consultation results
38 December 10 HPC Council Meeting
40 National Audit Psychotherapy
41 Interview with MIND

The Coaching Community discuss state regulation Report by Guy Gladstone

Three reports on the meeting of organisations of counsellors and psychotherapists called by Anne Milton MP (Shadow Spokesperson for Mental Health) at Westminster Hall 2 November 2009
John Gloster-Smith
Janet Low, PsyPrax 33
Denis Postle, eIpnosis

Four reviews of the Alliances's October 11th 2009 Principled Non Compliance Conference Word .doc

The List - Full Disclosure Civic accountability for practitioners in the psychological therapies A website demo of a generic Full Disclosure List as it would appear to clients.

The List text introduction outlining the rationale and framework for potential supporters and participants, Denis Postle

The Maresfield Report on the Regulation of Psychotherapy in the UK

Arbours Association
Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy
Association of Independent Psychotherapists
Association of Psychoanalysis Users
Cambridge Society for Psychotherapy
Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research
The College of Psychoanalysts-UK
The Guild of Psychotherapists
The Philadelphia Association
The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Compliance? Ambivalence? Rejection? Nine Papers challenging the Health Professions Council July 2009 proposals for the state regulation of the psychological therapies - Complete text of this recently published Alliance book 136 pp which includes all of the critiques below of these proposals, plus Foreword by Brian Thorne, Introduction by Arthur Musgrave and Afterword by Ian Parker
Buy print version from lulu.com price £7.85 + postage isbn 978-0-9545466-2-5

One Half of a Dialogue with Enthusiasts for HPC Regulation
Arthur Musgrave

State Regulation of Psychotherapy: Protecting the Public or ‘Professionalising’ Psychotherapy at the Expense of Therapeutic Integrity, Creativity and Diversity?
Rachel Pollard

Covering Letter
Response to HPC Professional Liaison Group [PLG] report July 2009
Response to HPC Draft Standards of Proficiency for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
An excellent early response to the July 2009 HPC Consultation on regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists' - a covering letter and two reports, they have the support of several psychoanalytic groups.

Response to the HPC Draft Standards of Proficiency for Psychotherapists and Counsellors from the Adlerian Society of Wales
Linda Edwards

Response to the HPC consultation on the potential statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors
Andy Rogers

SCORPIOn RISING
A review of HPC Standards of proficiency for counselling and psychotherapy by Denis Postle

END GAME?
A review of the PLG Recommendations for State regulation of the Psychological Therapies by Denis Postle

A Tick-Box Doxology?
A cultural overview of HPC Standards of proficiency for counselling and psychotherapy by Denis Postle

Draft HPC Standards of Proficiency – a personal critique from a humanistic perspective
By John Gloster-Smith, MAHPP

HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL CONSULTATION
The PLG's Proposals for the Statutory Regulation of
Counselling & Psychotherapy
SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE
from Dr Richard House

http://www.petitiononline.com/statereg/petition.html
A petition against HPC regulation, currently signed by over 2861 practitioners

Psychotherapy Over-Regulation Petition currently signed by over 1729 people

http://ipnosis.postle.net
A website packed with information and opinion undermining the basis for HPC regulation. This is the first place to look if you want to know more about state regulation of the psychological therapies.

Briefing Document for MPs a five point summary of the arguments against HPC regulation of the psychological therapies

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The College of Psychoanalysts - Regulation News

The Psychoanalytic Consortium - News

http://hpcwatchdog.blogspot.com
Monitoring how the Health Professions Council operates in practice.

The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, Methods, and Findings - Bruce Wampold (Routledge)
An analysis of research which among other things shows the irrelevance of the medical model to therapy and counselling.

Regulating the Psychological Therapies - From Taxonomy to Taxidermy – Denis Postle. (PCCS Books)
Collected papers and articles critiquing state/statutory regulation and suggesting alternative possibilities.

Implausible Professions: Arguments for Pluralism and Autonomy in Psychotherapy and Counselling – ed. Richard House and Nick Totton (PCCS Books)
A collection of work by many different authors from different modalities.

The Regulation of Psychotherapists – Daniel B Hogan (Ballinger)
A classic, four-volume analysis of research and experience which comes down firmly against HPC-style regulation. Never refuted, little discussed by the supporters of state/statutory regulation.

The Case Against Psychotherapy Registration – Richard Mowbray (Trans Marginal Press)
A prophetic book, now 14 years old, from a growth movement perspective, which gives a thorough summary of Hogan’s work.

Psychoanalytic Practice and State Regulation – ed. Ian Parker and Simona Revelli (Karnac)
A recent compilation of arguments.