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Dear Sir
The members of the Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Section (PPPS) of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy have read with interest the letter from the member organisations of the British Confederation of Psychotherapists in the Winter '93 edition of the Journal.
The PPPS represents 31 organisations, of which 21 are training bodies. In addition to this Section, there are two other Sections in UKCP which are psychoanalyticallybased: the Analytical Psychology Section and the Psychoanalytically-based Therapy with Children Section. Together we represent over 1,500 registered practitioners.
On behalf of the PPPS, I want to draw the attention of your readers to a potential misunderstanding concerning the status of the BCP in relation to the UKCP. The BCP represents a group of psychoanalytic psychotherapy organisations. The UKCP is the umbrella organisation for the profession, including all the major forms of psychotherapy. As the national umbrella body, the UKCP holds the single national seat for the United Kingdom on the Board of the European Association for Psychotherapy, administers the national Register of Psychotherapists, and negotiates for the profession with Government departments.
The PPPS regrets that some organisations believed it necessary to form an organisation separate from the broad stream of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in this country. We await the publication of the aims and criteria of the BCP, to see how these may differ from our own aims, ethical guidelines and training criteria.
Haya Oakley
Chair, Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Section (UKCP)