What professional bodies are you regulated by and do they approve your counselling?
If by 'you' the question is directed to CORE as an intiative, then the answer is that CORE is a member of European Christian Ministries associated in a small organisation referred to as LinC (Live in Christ). This isn't a professional body, but it is one of the accountability links in place for our work. Another accountability link is the interdenominational CORE Council of Reference which has input into the broad, strategic aims of CORE.
Any therapeutic support offered by an individual associated with CORE is accountable to the professional body to which that individual is associated. For example, in the case of the primary CORE worker Mike Davidson (a trainee psychotherapist), such work is supervised by a UKCP individual and is under the jurisdiction of a senior trainer within the training body associated with the particular modality he is associated with. Mike is also linked to the higher education professisonal body with respect to the educational qualifications he holds.
In response to the second part of the question around approval of professional bodies in relation to the therapeutic work undertaken by CORE - it is important to know two things: firstly, any psychotherapeutic support offered is standard to the approach and consistent with the ethical standards associated with whichever modality the therapist applies in his or her work. Secondly no special therapies are identified by and applied in the area of sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) by any individual associated with CORE. However, therapeutic approaches found to be effective in supporting those in conflict around sexuality, ie affect-based and action method therapies, are used.
In the example above, Mike Davidson is a trainee psychotherapist accountable to his professional and training body, The Bristish Psychodrama Association (BPA). Within this context, Mike is open about his own journey out of homosexuality and his desire to be an accredited, safe, responsible and effective psychotherpist with an interest in (but not confined to) psychosexual development. The BPA does not especially endorse SOCE work and is responsive to complaints lodged against its trainees and members.
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If by 'you' the question is directed to CORE as an intiative, then the answer is that CORE is a member of European Christian Ministries associated in a small organisation referred to as LinC (Live in Christ). This isn't a professional body, but it is one of the accountability links in place for our work. Another accountability link is the interdenominational CORE Council of Reference which has input into the broad, strategic aims of CORE.
Any therapeutic support offered by an individual associated with CORE is accountable to the professional body to which that individual is associated. For example, in the case of the primary CORE worker Mike Davidson (a trainee psychotherapist), such work is supervised by a UKCP individual and is under the jurisdiction of a senior trainer within the training body associated with the particular modality he is associated with. Mike is also linked to the higher education professisonal body with respect to the educational qualifications he holds.
In response to the second part of the question around approval of professional bodies in relation to the therapeutic work undertaken by CORE - it is important to know two things: firstly, any psychotherapeutic support offered is standard to the approach and consistent with the ethical standards associated with whichever modality the therapist applies in his or her work. Secondly no special therapies are identified by and applied in the area of sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) by any individual associated with CORE. However, therapeutic approaches found to be effective in supporting those in conflict around sexuality, ie affect-based and action method therapies, are used.
In the example above, Mike Davidson is a trainee psychotherapist accountable to his professional and training body, The Bristish Psychodrama Association (BPA). Within this context, Mike is open about his own journey out of homosexuality and his desire to be an accredited, safe, responsible and effective psychotherpist with an interest in (but not confined to) psychosexual development. The BPA does not especially endorse SOCE work and is responsive to complaints lodged against its trainees and members.
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