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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make Psychotherapy an independent chartered profession in its own right and kept distinct from psychology, medicine or any other allied profession. More details
Submitted by Stephen Forrest of NHS – Deadline to sign up by: 19 February 2008 – Signatures: 296
Petition update 2, 07 May 2008
Clarifying statement to the Government’s Response of 11 March 2008 to the Psychotherapy E-Petitionhttp://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15454.asp
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Petition update 1, 11 March 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "make Psychotherapy an independent chartered profession in its own right and kept distinct from psychology, medicine or any other allied profession."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14969.asp
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More details from petition creator
Presently psychotherapists in the UK undertake lengthy training specifically in psychotherapy. In the US, psychotherapy has already been made elitist by being brought within the control of other professions, such as psychology, medicine and psychiatry: disciplines which are often confused with psychotherapy, but which view and treat clients and patients very differently. In order to retain the title ‘psychotherapist’, for example, government regulation may force practitioners to undertake further lengthy and unnecessary training in subjects which have little or no direct relevance to the practice of psychotherapy. Preserve the diversity of modalities, creativity and uniqueness of psychotherapies by preventing their misappropriation by other disciplines. Demand that psychotherapy be recognised and protected as an independent profession by signing this petition now.
Current signatories
Stephen Forrest, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Elizabeth Forrest
- Dr Janet Barnes
- Kitty Kevan
- Sara Angelini
- bernard king
- wendy pratt
- Hilary Whitehill
- Gina Barker
- Barry Christie
- John Landaw (UKCP registered)
- Lauren Spurling
- Susan Jordan
- Dr Andrew Beck, Psychiatrist
- L Hayes
- Diana Mitchell
- Anthony Stadlen
- maryse bajer,
- Andrea Wheeler
- Alison R Noyes
- Carey Dent
- LINDA YENTOB
- David Mellows
- Ruth Sewell
- Ruth barnett
- Ros Massil
- Frieda Reeves
- Jonelle Patton
- Gary Hartley-Trigg
- Elaine Kasket
- Robert Downes
- Esra Gurkan
- Denise Blagden
- Annie Synnott
- Steve Silverton
- Gillian Lock
- Virginia Lawlor
- Richard Pearce MBACP
- Rachel Miller
- Jeanne de Senarclens
- Ian McMillan
- Brenda Crowther
- Alistair Black
- Shelley Assiter
- Ann M Nye
- Caroline Viagas
- Marcus Price
- Sally Ashe
- James-Paul Kelly
- Rosalind M Share
- Ian Rees
- Su Fox
- guislaine Morland
- G. M. Simona Revelli
- HEBA ZAPHIRIOU-ZARIFI
- jan Preedy
- yael stobezki
- Susie Sanders
- David millar
- Dr Brigitte Friedrich
- Nick Zinovieff
- Elena Lea zanger
- Susanna Rennie
- Carol Wilson
- Theodora Savvidou
- Garry Forrest
- Dariane Pictet
- Christopher Perry
- margaret blair
- lloyd philp
- Mila Palma
- Karen Francis
- Judy Yellin
- Bettina Kern
- Chuey Y Loh
- Yvonne Warren
- Dr Robert Snell
- Stefan Durlach
- Angela Buxton
- Liza Waller
- Golnar Bayat
- Teresa Corso
- Fevronia Christodoulidi
- Eugenio Corso
- Sue Sully
- Francis Stanley Beadle
- Geraldine Shipton
- peter attwood
- daniel collier
- Susan Herrington
- Anne Rogers
- diana pringle
- Rosalind Mayo
- Leonard Chittenden
- belinda hollows
- Jill Walpole
- maureen perkins
- Stephen Blunden
- farrella dove
- caryn nuttall
- Rasmeet Ruby Singh
- Linda Parker
- Ian McGregor
- Carlien van Heel
- D Goldberger
- Dr Peter Martin
- Joe Friedman
- Marian Coviello
- carolyn burnett
- Karen Piper
- Lorna McCarthy Telha
- David Wakely
- Mary Harris
- Christiane Bergob
- Nolan Luijten
- Jae Willis
- Ruth Rushton
- Sharon MacRae
- Martin Richards
- Chris Brown
- Caroline Connell
- Dr Helen Windsor
- carmen Garcia
- Maura Sills
- Helen Acton
- ilknur girgin
- Marcia Pereira Jones
- Eva Najberg
- Angela Crawley
- R E Morley
- julia matthews
- Amanda Austen
- Dr. Paola valerio
- Anne Worthington
- Philomena Horner
- Tamar Posner
- Sally George
- Stuart Law
- Richard Timu
- Sarah Young
- Rose Whiteley
- Barry Bowen
- jan chaundy
- susan lee
- Dr.Paul Caviston
- cynthia Hamlin
- Wendy Lobatto
- Alison Gibson
- Jan Kerr
- Helen Evans
- Christina Hart
- Audrey Burnett
- Lisa Schmidt
- Miriam Donaghy
- billy Hardy
- Claire Miller
- James Sawyer
- Anita Tedder
- Maggy McCullough
- Petra waker
- colin carson
- Lydia Bensusan
- Elisabeth Tapini
- Malcolm.J.Forrest-Hazell
- Sheila Symons
- Julian Hart
- Gill McVicar
- Dennis Neill
- Liz Hammond
- annette clark
- Christopher Burroughes
- Gillian Ede
- Derryn Ellingham
- Tanya Smart
- Lynden Easterbrook
- Carol Anne Donohue
- Dr Miles Clapham
- Ann Godfrey
- Ken Sawyer
- Jeanette Murph
- Penny Saunders
- JEAN RANSOME
- elizabeth fay shirtcliffe
- mia beaumont
- Ruth Layzell
- Dominic Raeside
- Anna Churcher
- Anthony John Royle
- Caroline Duggan
- Somersal Shepley
- Patricia Downing
- Karina Russell
- Lynne Mansfield-Osborne
- Desa Markovic
- Paul Jackson
- Nicola McCarry
- Julia Arnold
- Lynn Mann
- eamackay
- Jocelyne Samuels
- james low
- eileen mcaleer
- rosalia Hatton
- Linnea Johnson
- Alice Cheung Boddy
- Candice Barges
- Tessa Ettedgui
- R Williams
- Robin Wilson
- Paul McGahey
- Laura barnett
- Madeleine Legg
- Tricia King
- Libby Marshall
- cathy mciver
- Stephen Munt
- Deborah Walker
- Lynda French
- Ivor Antao
- Niki D
- Leslie Armitage
- Dr Arthur Jonathan
- Grace Hopkins
- angieshiress
- Coralie Ward
- Claire Simmons
- George S Bassett
- Chris Codman
- penelope daintry
- Duncan Stoddart
- James Spence
- Geraldine O'Donohue
- Greg Neale
- DORI SANKOWICH
- Director Centre Psycholgical Therapies Leeds Met. University
- Lynne j Gerlach
- Lorraine Graham
- Lucia Gattuso
- val rubie
- Janet Forrest
- mary sutton
- jane nichols
- Janet Van Ham
- sue price
- Maureen M Leggat
- Janet Gunn
- John Bradley
- Janine Miller psychotherapy trainee
- Alison Kings
- stephen george
- Martyn Forster
- C Keefe
- Tom Warnecke
- Jo Lacy Smith
- Dominique Gaveaux
- Delcia McNeil
- George Dewey
- Christine Wilson
- Suzy Malati
- Michelle Moss
- tina simmonds
- Helen Burston
- Sally Dean
- Bee Springwood
- Jax Freedman
- Jon Richard Hastings
- Susan Willmott
- Alison Prescott
- Alexandra Quinn
- Emily Hoad
- Annie Shaw
- Natasha Doulton
- amyas doulton
- stanya studentova
- Nick Turner
- Dorothy Rowe
- Maryannebeare
- Caroline Doulton
- Janet Hawksworth
- Linda Mary Edwards
- Ivo Vos
- Brenda McQuade
- naona beecher-moore
- Mike Stylianou
- caroline Ives
- Tamera Bateman-Wright
- Jennifer Humphrey
- Justina Vaughan
- Sylvia Gurr
- Rebecca Collins
- Dr Rita Pal
- I. Villanueva
- Paul Jones
- Colin Hughes
- Jill Clarkson
- Mardi Bennett
