UKCP acronyms (not exhaustive)
ACC
ACP
ADR
AVR
BABCP
BACP
BAPCA
BICA
BoT
BPC
BPS
CAMHS
CC
C-CAP
CCM
CCMH
CCO
CCP
CCPC
CE
CEC
CFAP
CFC
CFCST
CH-P
CHRE
CMP
COSCA
COSRT
CPC
CPD
CPJAC
CQC
CSIP
CSRP
DESRC
DESRF
DH
DMs
DOH
EAC
EAC
EAP
EAP
EC
Association of Christian Counsellors
Association of Child Psychotherapists
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Assured Voluntary Register
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (formerly BAC)
British Association for the Person Centred Approach
British Infertility Counselling Association
Board of Trustees
British Psychoanalytic Council (formerly BCP)
British Psychological Society
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Conference Committee
College of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapies
Complaints and Conduct Manager
The Centre for Child Mental Health
Complaints and Conduct Officer
Complaints and Conduct Process
Counsellors & Psychotherapists in Primary Care
Chief Executive
Constructivist and Existential College
Central Final Appeals Process
Colleges and Faculties Committee
College of Family, Couple & Systematic Therapy
College of Hypno-Psychotherapists
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (now the PSA)
College of Medical Psychotherapists
Confederation of Scottish Counselling Agencies
College of Sexual & Relationship Therapy
(formerly BASRT - British Association for Sexual & Relationship Therapy)
Cognitive Psychotherapies College
Continual Professional Development
Council of Psychoanalysis & Jungian Analysis College
Care Quality Commission
Care Services Improvement Partnership
College for Sexual & Relationship Psychotherapy
Diversity, Equalities & Social Responsibility Committee
Diversity, Equalities & Social Responsibility Forum
Department of Health (Formerly DOH)
Direct Members
Department of Health (Now DH)
External Affairs Committee (formerly Political Action Group)
European Association of Counselling (not to be confused with the External Affairs
Committee)
Employee Assisted Psychotherapy
European Association of Psychotherapy
Ethics Committee
ERG
ETPC
ETPR
FC
FDAP
FPHC
FTP
HCC
HIPC
HPC
IACP
IAPT
IC
ICP
ICSA
IMs
IMS
MHA
MHPF
NICE
NIMHE
NOS
OMC
OMs
PARN
PC
PCC
PCIPC
PCO
PLG
POPAN
POP-C
POS
PPAG
PRCCF
PRN
PSA
QARM
QARO
RF
RFC
S4H
SCC
SDG
SEMTA
SETs
SPR
TF
UPCA
UTC
Expert Reference Group (Sets Testing Criteria for IAPT initiative)
Education, Training & Practice Committee
Education, Training, Practice and Research
Finance Committee
Federation of Drug & Alcohol Professionals
Faculty for the Psychological Health of Children
Fitness to Practice
Health Care Commission
Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy College
Health Professions Council
Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
International Committee
Irish Council of Psychotherapy
Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Individual Members
Information and Member Services
Mental Health Alliance
Mental Health Providers Forum
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence
National Institute for Mental Health England
National Occupational Standards
Organisational Membership Committee
Organisational Members
Professional Associations Research Network
Psychotherapy Council
Professional Conduct Committee
Psychotherapeutic Counselling & Inter-subjective Psychotherapy College
Professional Conduct Officer
Professional Liaison Group
Prevention of Professional Abuse Network, (Now Witness)
Promoting Occupational Practice Committee
Professional Occupational Standards
Psychological Professions’ Alliance Group
Professional Regulatory Committee of the Colleges and Faculties (formerly the CFC)
Practitioner Research Network (organised by the Research Committee)
Professional Standards Authority (formerly the CHRE)
Quality Assurance & Regulation Manager
Quality Assurance & Regulation Officer
Research Faculty
Research Faculty Committee
Skills for Health
Strategic Coordinating Committee
Service Development Group
Science, Engineering, Manufacturing, Technology Alliance (Skills for Business)
Standards of Education and Training
Society for Psychotherapy Research
Transpersonal Faculty
Universities Psychotherapy & Counselling Association
Universities Training College
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