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News Archive
| State Regulation Update (Date Posted: 29/04/2008) |
| The Health Professions Council (HPC) will be establishing Professional Liason Groups later this year to take forward the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy, which will be completed by 2010/11. Several trainers at the Institute are directly involved in the process, which is demanding and time consuming, but necessary. We appreciate the support of graduates and trainees who are following up the request from UKCP to write to their M'P's, with regard to the Department of Health (DoH) view of a comprehensive mental health provision which appears to exclude a range of humanistic and integrative approaches.
It is important to keep a clear distinction between state regulation and the NHS. It is now fairly clear that all modalities of counselling and psychotherapy will be regulated. However, whether or not the NHS will then be open to employing therapists from all modalties is the point of contention. For years this issue has been 'buried'. It is a positive step that at long last the issue of open access for NHS patients to a wider range of therapeutic approaches is being hotly debated.
Currently we are concerned that evidence based research is being measured within the very narrow parimeters of 'randomised clinical trials' (RCT's), with an inevitable bias toward certain modalities. It is a view, widely held, that RCT's do not support the wider range of evidence that in turn supports a wider range of modalities. Of course it would suit the DoH to restrict patient access to a few modalities, because of the costs involved in a wider and more truly comprehensive service.
Would all ScPTI graduates and trainees who receive a reply from their M'P., kindly inform the Institute asap.
WATCH THIS SPACE! | Congratulations to Heward Wilkinson (Date Posted: 29/04/2008) |
| The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy honoured Heward Wilkinson with a Honorary Fellowship in March 2008. Heward has given many years service to the UKCP and to the development of the profession of psychotherapy. The Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute (of which heard was Co-Founder) is proud to have Heward as a Full Teaching Member. | UKCP and Statutory Regulation (Date Posted: 17/03/2008) |
| The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy,at it's Annual General Meeting March 14-16, 2008, agreed to lobby the government for the generic title of Psychotherapist for all it's registrants and the generic title Psychotherapeutic Counsellor for registrants of the Psychotherapeutic Counselling Section of UKCP.
The HIPS Section agreed a Political Task Group for Statutory Regulation and Ken Evans is a member of this group. | New Counselling intake 'takes off' (Date Posted: 28/01/2008) |
| SCPTI held the first training weekend for the new first year intake on the now established Advanced Diploma in Relational Centred Counselling. Pete Lavender, Course Leader and Lydia Noor, tutor,both expressed their satisfaction at the high level of committment of the new group, declared they have one place still vacant and welcome an application. Deadline March 1st 2008. | National Gestalt Association (Date Posted: 28/01/2008) |
| On February 9th, 2008 the United Kingdom Association for Gestalt Therapy was launched in London,at a well attended meeting, thus providing an opportunity of a common location for the inclusion of all Gestalt Therapists in the UK. The UKAGT will represent the UK at the European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT) and play a significant role in processing the EAGT European Certificate in Gestalt Therapy.The Scarbrough Psychotherapy Training Institute has been involved in the planning of UKAGT (over three years) from the beginning and is delighted to support this new and important development in the history of Gestalt community in the UK. | Latest on Statutory Regulation (Date Posted: 28/01/2008) |
| The Health Professions Council meeting on December 13th, 2007 agreed to establish a counsellors and psychotherapists Professional Liaison Group (a Working Party) in July 2008 to consider the structure of the register, professional titles, the standards of proficiency, standards of education and training, post registration standards and grandparenting arrangements. The HPC will then make recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health on staturoty regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists.It is anticipated that regulation will then commence in 2009/10. | Congratulations to Pete Lavender (Date Posted: 27/10/2007) |
| The new Psychotherapeutic Section of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) elected Pete Lavender, Counselling Course Leader at Scarborough, as their new Chair at their meeting held in London on October 26th, 2007. Congratulations to Pete and best wishes for the work ahead from his colleagues at ScPTI. | Continued Professional Development Workshops (Date Posted: 20/10/2007) |
| Given the importance of continued professional development and to meet the requiremets of several professional associations, ScPTI will now issue an Attendance Certificate upon completion of a CPD workshop held at the Institute in Scarborough. Please ask the workshop facilitator for a signed copy on completion fo the workshop. | Honorary Fellowship for Ken Evans (Date Posted: 26/09/2007) |
| In September 2007 three people were each elected as a Fellow of the European Association for Integrative Pschotherapy, to honour their significant contribution to the development of Integrative Psychotherapy in Europe:
Dr Marvin Goldfried, USA,
Maria Gilbert of the Metanoia Institute, London and
Ken Evans of the Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute. | AAGT Conference Manchester (Date Posted: 25/09/2007) |
| The Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy is holding a conference (Borders and Bridges: Differentiation in Contact) in Manchester from July 23rd-27th 2008. Conference Web Site: www.aagt-manchester08.org | 9th European Gestalt Conference (Date Posted: 19/09/2007) |
| The 9th conference of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy was held in Athens at the beginning of September with a record 530 participants from 28 countries. The theme - Exploring Human Conflict - was addressed from many perspectives. Ken Evans gave an hour long key note address on the final day which received a standing ovation. The conference marks a significant turning point in the profession moving out and beyond the therapy room to explore ways in which psychotherapy may make a healthy contribution to the many social and political issues that challenge us all in the 21st century. | UKAGT Conference (Date Posted: 18/09/2007) |
| The United Kingdom Association for Gestalt Therapy (UKAGT) will be launched at the 'Integration and Opportunity' day conference. Gaie Houston and Malcolm Parlett will be guest presenters. Ken Evans will chair a Panel on 'Europe' in his capacity as President of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy Conference Details: Integration and Opportunity 9.30am - 4.30pm 9thFebruary 2008 Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Cost: £65 (students £50) including light lunch. For more details and booking visit www.ukagt.org.uk or write to: UKAGT Administrator, 8 Lancaster Avenue, Farnham, GU9 8JY | STOP PRESS New regulations on CPD on the way from UKCP (Date Posted: 01/08/2007) |
| The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy is revising its regulations regarding Continued Professional Development. The Board of Directors at ScPTI agreed on July 27th, 2007, to revise ScPTI's regulations with immediate effect, in line with those anticipated by UKCP.
The new regulations include clear guidance for therapists who wish to start work again after a sabbatical or period of non practice.
All therapists will need to demonstrate they have acquired a MINIMUM of 250 hours CPD wihtin a 5 year period and with a minimum of 20 hours in any one year.
When a therapist has been in practice for 5 years following registration or 5 years since a prevous re-accreditation then they need to contact the ScPTI office to discuss arrangements for re-accreditation. After statutory regulation (2009?) it is anticipated that the re-accreditation of therapists will continue to be the devolved to UKCP Member Organisations. | Annual General Meeting (Date Posted: 31/07/2007) |
| The annual general meeting of the Scarbrough Psychotherapy Training Institute took place on Saturday July 28th and there was a very good turn out. The agm was followed by a passionate and inspiring talk given by Lydia Noor on her therapeutic work in education. | Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership (Date Posted: 26/06/2007) |
| Scarborugh Psychotherapy Training Institute are delighted to announce a formal collaboration with the Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership (WPP Ltd) whose Co-Directors are Melanie Ovens and Helen Rowlands. WPP will run the Institute's Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Gestalt Psychotherapy at their centre in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. Tel 02920 396998 | ScPTI to offer Training Courses in Nottingham (Date Posted: 09/06/2007) |
| From October this year, the Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute will be offering people in the Midlands a chance to access some of our training courses in the Nottingham area. Under the name of E.M.P.A.C.T. (East Midlands Psychotherapy And Counselling Training) George Bassett will be running the Scarborough 4-year part time Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy, leading to UKCP registration.
Peter Lavender is offering a 'taster' in Psychotherapeutic Counselling - a 1-year part time Certificate course.
George will also be running courses associated with Creative Agendas Ltd., initially offering a 1-year part time Certificate in Active Creative Techniques in Group Work and Development. For further information contact George on 0115 9881232, or Peter on 0115 9200186. | UNESCO support for Gestalt Therapy (Date Posted: 02/05/2007) |
| UNESCO are helping to sponsor the conference of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy, to be held in Athens in early September this year. A representative of UNESCO will join the Panel on Human Rights & Social responsibility, chaired by EAGT President Ken Evans. As at May 1st, 399 participants have signed up for the conference. To book a place go to www.gestaltconferenceathens.gr
The EAGT web site is www.eagt.org | 'STOP PRESS' New Doctoral Programme (Date Posted: 13/01/2007) |
| Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute in collaboration with a European University has agreed, in principle, a doctoral programme. Validation is anticipated soon for first enrolment Autumn 2007. This will be the first truly cross cultural community of psychotherapy scholars. | Green Light for Residential Centre (Date Posted: 13/01/2007) |
| La Volee, the residential training centre used by the Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute for summer workshops has finally received planning consent from the French authorities. Work has already commenced and should be completed by the summer of 2007. see also La Volee web site: www.euroips.com | Pete Lavender (Date Posted: 13/01/2007) |
| Congratulations to Pete Lavender, Head of Counselling Training at Scarborough, on being elected Vice-Chair of the Training Standards Committee of the UKCP Psychotherapeutic Counselling Section. | Second issue of research journal (Date Posted: 13/01/2007) |
| The second issue of the online European Journal for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy is due out shortly. Articles will cover: the shadow side of training institutes; ethics of interviewing; faith and psychotherapy; issues of race in therapy; death of a parent.
Watch this space for publication date. Also visit journal web site www.europeanresearchjournal.com | 9th European Gestalt Conference, Athens September 2007 (Date Posted: 13/01/2007) |
| The 9th conference of the European Association of Gestalt Therapy will take place in September 2007. The current President is Ken Evans, Director of Training at Scarborough.
Do join with 400-500 other Gestalt therapists from across Europe. To register and/or offer a workshop visit the conference web site www.gestaltconferenceathens.gr | Supervision in Serbia (Date Posted: 04/10/2006) |
| The Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute, in association with GPTI Malta is running a Diploma training in Supervision in Belgrade starting October 2006. The training group, facilitated by Ken Evans, will include trainees from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Malta. | Therapists Meet in Israel despite the war! (Date Posted: 10/07/2006) |
| The Israeli project planned for September 2006 and postponed because of the war in Lebanon went ahead anyway on an informal basis. Several therapists and members of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy decided to go in spite of the violence, including Ken Evans, Joanna Hewitt Taylor, Daan van Baalen and Peter Schulthess. Colleagues in Israel were so delighted they arranged a spontaneous gathering of some 40 professional people, Israeli Arabs and Jews and a member of PLO. The meeting confirmed the importance of dialogue, across differences and several personal accounts of the effect of the conflict upon people's lives were very moving. This is only the begining of this enagagement between Gestalt and Jewish and Arab colleagues. We acknowledge the humanity and determination of our colleagues living in very demanding conditions. The EAGT will now explore ways to continue the momentum of this special and contacful meeting. | Statutory Regulation (Date Posted: 10/07/2006) |
| The profession of Counselling and psychotherapy seems to be on target for state regulation in 2008. Currently the exisitng UKCP Sections are in the process of reorganising into independent Colleges which will be responsible for the quality assurance of training requirements and standards within each of it's Member Organisations. | New Research Journal for Psychotherapists (Date Posted: 28/02/2006) |
| In January 2006 a new research journal written for psychotherapists by psychotherapists was launched online. To get your access to the European Jouranl for Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy go to: www.europeanresearchjournal.com. This new journal is published by the Anglo-Norwegian collaboration which comprises the Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute and the Norwegian Gestalt Institute. Financial support for the initial launch was provided by both institutes and by the European Association for Integrative Psychotherapy and the European Association for Gestalt Therapy. The web site and journal were designed by David Evans of Kontaxt. | Conference in London and Award of European Certificate of Integrative Psychotherapy (Date Posted: 28/02/2006) |
| At the Integrative Psychotherapy conference held in London over the weekend of 10-11 March 2006 the European Certificate of Integrative Psychotherapy was awarded for the first time to integrative psychotherapists from several European nations. Ken Evans, the current Registrar of EAIP, presented the certificates alongside the current President Panos Asimakis. The conference was organised by the United Kingdom Association for Psychotherapy Integration and by the European Association for Integrative Psychotherapy. For the web site addresses of these two associations please see our Links page. | Ken Evans supports Gestalt Therapists in Poland (Date Posted: 28/02/2006) |
| At the meeting of the European Association for Psychotherapy in Vienna, February 2006, Gestalt therapists from Poland secured access to the European Certificate of Psychotherapy through the intervention of Ken Evans in his role as President of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT). This was a good example of collaboration between the EAP and EAGT which overcame unnecessary bureaucratic restrictions in Poland. | Trainee Therapists Online (Date Posted: 28/02/2006) |
| Trainees of ScPTI are now called 'Candidates in Training' in line with UKCP practice. Please view our new Trainee Therapists page for further details. | Accredited Therapists (Date Posted: 10/11/2005) |
| Our 'Accredited Therapists' page lists Psychotherapists and Counsellors who are SCPTI Members and are accredited to practice Psychotherapy and/or Counselling. | 2006 International Conference in Japan (Date Posted: 03/10/2005) |
| The Third International Conference of the Asian Federation for Psychotherapy and 2006 International Congress of Psychotherapy in Japan took place August 28 - September 1, 2006 (5 days) in Tokyo, Japan. The conference was sponsored by the Science Council of Japan in collaboration with The World Council for Psychotherapy and The Asian Federation for Psychotherapy. Details at: www.convention.co.jp/06icptj | 9th European Conference of Gestalt Therapy (Date Posted: 03/10/2005) |
| 'Exploring Human Conflict' 6th-9th September 2007 in Athens, Greece. This Conference is run under the auspices of EAGT. Information about the conference will be available from February 2006 at www.gestaltconferenceathens.gr. | 5th World Congress for Psychotherapy (Date Posted: 03/10/2005) |
| The next World Congress for Psychotherapy (WCP2008) will be held in Beijing, China on October 12-15, 2008. The Congress will invite internationally renowned psychotherapists as Keynote Speakers and State-of-the Art Lecturers, representing different fields of psychotherapy, counselling, and related disciplines. The Congress also plan to have a large number of workshops, invited symposia, thematic oral sessions, as well as interactive poster sessions. The Congress invite your participation, either in proposing an invited symposium or workshop, presenting a paper by taking part in a poster session, or being present. Further information to follow at WCP's website: www.wcp2008.org | Printer Friendly Pages (Date Posted: 25/09/2005) |
| Our web site pages now have an additional option enabling them to be viewed in a printer friendly format. Just click the 'Printer Friendly View' link at the top right of our pages. | Web Site Update (Date Posted: 23/09/2005) |
| The SCPTI web site has undergone a major update today. The site content remains essentially the same although many of the page names have been altered so you may need to update your bookmarks. The changes were undertaken so we can expand and alter our web site content more easily and quickly. This will help us to ensure we provide you with the lastest information. The CPD workshops page has been altered so our visitors can choose how they wish to browse for workshops and short courses. Other more significant changes to content will be made over the next few days with the addition of new pages. David Evans - Fri. 23rd September 2005 | Application Forms (Date Posted: 30/04/2005) |
| Updated application and reference forms are available in PDF format for printing. Please follow the 'Application Forms' link from the menu. |