# Counselling & Psychotherapy Professional Bodies

**Source**: https://staff.counselling.cam.ac.uk/other-sources-of-support/counselling-psychotherapy-organisations
**Parent**: https://staff.counselling.cam.ac.uk/general-information

The following professional counselling organisations' websites can be used to find counsellors & therapists working privately in the locality:

**Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapists (ACAT)**

[ACAT](http://www.acat.me.uk "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**Association for Family Therapy (AFT)**

[AFT](http://www.aft.org.uk "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)**

[BABCP](http://www.babcp.com/ "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)**

[Counselling UK](http://www.counselling.co.uk "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)") (aimed more at members of the public)\
[BACP](http://www.bacp.co.uk/ "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")(aimed more at counsellors & therapists)

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**British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC)**

[BPC](http://www.psychoanalytic-council.org/ "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**British Psychological Society**

[BPS membership | BPS](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bps.org.uk%2Fbps-membership%3Fgclid%3DCjwKCAjw6IiiBhAOEiwALNqncXd10wC7zpesesPmIUwbBJM8XWCRVOClDG0tC8KRvarleq_AzrunORoCxsYQAvD_BwE&data=05%7C01%7CSamantha.Thorpe%40admin.cam.ac.uk%7C0977b663ea9548c57a5c08db427eb2e5%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C638176884143808967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XtNq7YjDO8iiv%2FZ11G6dANWPbjf9Th5c4%2F36c24hUwc%3D&reserved=0)

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**College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT)**

[COSRT](http://www.cosrt.org.uk "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**The National Counselling Society**

[NCS | Counselling Matters (nationalcounsellingsociety.org)](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalcounsellingsociety.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7CSamantha.Thorpe%40admin.cam.ac.uk%7C0977b663ea9548c57a5c08db427eb2e5%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C638176884143808967%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=onzbC0rm6M8w67%2F4He6XptNoqvmzZbW4KKEjXqHeEz8%3D&reserved=0)

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**United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)**

[UKCP](http://www.psychotherapy.org.uk "undefined (Link to an external website) (Link to an external website)")

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**The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network**

[BAATN](https://www.baatn.org.uk/find-a-psych-therapist/#!directory/ord=rnd)