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Press Release
Psychotherapy Organisations Poised to Challenge
Health Professions Council in the Courts

19 October 2009
Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy, Association of Independent Psychotherapists, Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, The College of Psychoanalysts-UK, The Guild of Psychotherapists, The Philadelphia Association


The Government's plans to regulate counselling and psychotherapy under the Health Professions Council faces a further setback this week w… Continue

Day two of the course block. Our student group is bigger than its been for a while, and lively discussion of the basic principles of other-centred work keeps us in serious engagement through large and small group sessions interspersed with demonstrations and counselling exercises. The principle that, since the mind is conditioned by the object of attention (basic Abhidharma principles), holding the client's attention on the objects in their world and encouraging a deeper, more respectful engagem… Continue

As the afternoon wears on and the sun dips lower in the sky it gets distinctly chilly. Not so good for our overseas students! The autumn course block always comes at that time of year when things are on the turn and sunny golden September days have faded into damp October. Nevertheless this lunchtime the sun came out and we enjoyed lunch in the garden.

It looks to be the start of a good year. New students have swelled our numbers so we had 22 participants in the room this morning, with a number… Continue

A group of ten of us raise our joined palms and sing, drawing back in a graceful dance, hearts opening with the gentle harmonies. The Order meeting comes to an end. Four intense days in which we have all shared moments of joy and struggle, in which new forms have emerged and our resolution has strengthened reach conclusion.

It is hard to believe that the Order is now eleven years old and maturing. Many of us have taken this path together seeing so many twists and turns along the way. It is wond… Continue

This week, during the Order meeting, copies of Other-Centred Therapy: Buddhist Psychology in Action arrived. We now have copies for sale at The Buddhist House, o… Continue