SCoPEd
A ground-breaking shared framework for our profession

±õ³Ù’sÌýbeen collaboratively developed and adopted byÌýÌý(PCPB),Ìýwhich represent approximately 75,000 counsellors and psychotherapistsÌýandÌýwho are all Professional Standards Authority accreditedÌýorganisations.ÌýÌý

PCPB partners have all aligned their membership categories to the framework.

For Â鶹ԭ´´ our:

• registered membership category is aligned to column A
• accredited membership category is aligned to column B
• senior accredited membership is aligned to column C.

Whatever your membership category, you’ll still be able to:

• provide the services you currently do
• practise competences in other SCoPEd columns providing you have the right skills, knowledge, training and experience to do so

The diverse range of backgrounds, approaches, philosophies and professional training that our members bring to their work is a huge strength of the counselling and psychotherapy landscape. The SCoPEd framework reflects this – enhancing and enabling a credible, diverse and thriving counselling and psychotherapy profession. 

It provides greater clarity about the wide range of skills, knowledge, training and experience that our members have and will help counselling and psychotherapy be better understood, valued and trusted by clients, employers, commissioners and society.  It helps to distinguish qualified therapists from other unqualified and unskilled people promoting themselves as therapists. 

TheÌýSCoPEdÌýframeworkÌýisÌýan important stepÌýas part of our wider work to deliverÌýseveral ofÌýour members’ priorities – to set standards for the profession, protect clients from unsafe or unethical practice and provide members with the resources and support needed to practice. Ìý

±õ³Ù’s also a way for Â鶹ԭ´´ and the wider profession to engage effectively with and toÌýdemonstrateÌýthe value of counselling and psychotherapy to employers,ÌýcommissionersÌýand government. Ìý

We believe the SCoPEd framework enables Â鶹ԭ´´ registered, accredited and senior accredited members to have greater access to more opportunities to provide professional help for people across society. Ìý

To view theÌýSCoPEdÌýframework and for more information about PCPB visitÌýÌýÌý