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Ethics versus Compliance. The Institution, Ethical Psychotherapy Practice, (And Me) – Farhad Dalal

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

This is the third of our series looking at some of the issues around BACP’s proposed changes to its Ethical Framework – and why we and other practitioners so strongly object to its movement from an ethics-based code to a … Continue reading →

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Two letters to Tim Bond on BACP’s proposed changes to the ethical framework – Els van Ooijen

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.nepenthe.org.uk/ethics/ The second in our series of posts on BACP’s proposed changes to its Ethical Framework. We share the concern of many therapists about the nature and direction of these changes (and BACP’s political ambitions). We do not think this … Continue reading →

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Arthur Musgrave – The Emergence of ‘State-endorsed Therapy…?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://matthewbowespsychotherapy.co.uk/emergence-state-endorsed-therapy/ Click on the link to visit Matthew Bowes’ website for this paper by Arthur Musgrave, delivered at the UPCA Conference in November under the full title: ‘From Cottage Industry to Factory Production – The Emergence of ‘State-endorsed Therapy…?’. Gratitude to … Continue reading →

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Recent BACP process

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

This is a slightly expanded version of a statement we have prepared about the BACP process that has just ended. We have some additional comments on this process, and those appear at the end of this post, under the heading … Continue reading →

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