Join the conversation – an opportunity to have your voice heard!
“Vision for the Future of Psychotherapy and Counselling in Scotland”
Convened by:
PCU Psychotherapy and Counselling Union, Scotland Branch, in conjunction with
Dr Susan Stephen and Lorna Dawson - Strathclyde University,
Prof. Kate Smith – Aberdeen University,
John McLeod, author and academic.
Event: “Vision for the Future of Psychotherapy and Counselling in Scotland”.
Date: 2nd November 2024
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Location: Braeport Centre, Dunblane (https://www.braeport.com/)
Cost: FREE
Register: To book your place now email:
What to expect?
- Arrive by 2pm for Registration.
- We will be joined by COSCA, BACP and an MSP.
- Hear about the “landscape” of the profession as it is now. What have we learned from the consultation process?
- Update on the Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
- Hear about models of service provision, past and future.
- The opportunity to discuss challenging questions that stimulate us to explore and develop our vision(s) for the future profession with peers in a café conversation style arena.
- Collecting ideas, actions and collating a shared vision for the future.
Refreshments: Teas, coffee and biscuits provided (bring you own cup!)
Accessibility: Venue is on the ground floor and is fully accessible via ramps. Accessible facilities available. (For further information see: https://www.braeport.com/)
Getting there
Public Transport: Dunblane train station is a pleasant 10min walk through the centre of historic Dunblane. Dunblane is well served by buses.
Parking: Easy access from the A9. There is free onsite parking for up to 30 cars with extra car parking (free) available in “The Haining” car park by the cathedral, a minute-walk away.
Background statement:
In January 2024 the Psychotherapy and Counselling Union (PCU) Scotland Branch co-hosted an event with the Counselling unit at Strathclyde University. The event intended to raise awareness of two significant initiatives; SCoPEd (Scope of Practice and Education for Counselling and Psychotherapy Framework, adopted by its six Membership Body signatory partners in February 2023), and the Scottish Government’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, that will shape the future of the counselling and psychotherapy profession and the landscape in which services are provided in Scotland. The event in January was a first step in starting a conversation amongst practitioners, towards us having a say in what that future looks like. PCU Scotland branch are working with academics across Scotland to gather the thoughts and experiences of anyone studying and working in the field, to establish the current landscape in the psychotherapy and counselling profession in Scotland, to generate a wider discussion that will inform a vision for the future of the profession by those working in it.
As well as a series of consultations, we are circulating questionnaires to offer the opportunity for as many students, practitioners and service providers to contribute as possible. This consultation phase will culminate in an event on 2nd November that hopes to bring the profession together, to generate a vision, a common position and vision for the future of the profession that we can campaign for.