SCoPEd partnership announces new name and key updates

The partnership of six leading psychotherapy and counselling organisations which developed the Scope of Practice and Education (SCoPEd) framework and includes the Human Givens Institute, has just announced that it now has a new name: the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB).

As collaborative working beyond the SCoPEd framework has started to emerge, the partnership recognised the need for a name that reflects the collective work of the six partners, extending beyond the SCoPEd framework. It was felt this was particularly important as the group plans for future strategies and initiatives.

The SCoPEd framework itself will retain its title.

The PCPB has also launched a new website, designed to provide greater transparency and accessibility for all our stakeholders and a central platform for updates on the SCoPEd framework and other PCPB initiatives, along with an updated version of the SCoPEd framework – which now includes HG therapists in all three of the SCoPEd columns.

Representing over 75,000 therapists, the PCPB can have an increasingly powerful voice beyond the SCoPEd framework collaboration and is committed to improving standards in the profession and ensuring that it is trusted, respected and more widely understood by the public.

The HGI has always been known and respected for ploughing its own furrow and forging a thoroughly commonsense approach to therapy training and delivery, which we continue to do. To ensure that specified standards for therapy training and delivery include our individual, highly effective way of working, it has been crucial to be, and continue to be, part of this important initiative. This will be especially true if there is a move to increased regulation in the UK in the future.

Read the full PCPB announcement here >