Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
In conjunction with the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), it has been decided that CPD can be taken in a number of forms.
Continuous Professional Development
- Advanced or additional professional psychotherapy courses.
- Engagement in personal psychotherapy,
- Engagement in reflective practices,
- One-to-one supervision
- Small group supervision
- Peer supervision
- Psychotherapy conference/symposium attendance.
- Professional activities in psychotherapy. (Being elected to a Board or a Committee and attending meetings).
- Participation in extra psychotherapy training programme as a supervisor, researcher, and/or teacher.
These are the domains in which CPD could be accrued. It is further recommended that the minimum 250 hours shall consist of no more than 75 hours from any one category. The CPD requirement is 50 hours per annum or 250 over 5 years.
The introduction of Continuous Professional Development is particularly important in the current environment where there is an increasing scrutiny of the professional competence of all health care professionals including psychotherapists, with more transparent complaints procedures and more vigorous monitoring of fitness to practice issues within each profession.
The Basic Steps to Apply and Issue CPD:
Step One: To assign CPD points to a professional event, please apply to the relevant committee in your professional body to assess, approve and assign the number of points applicable to your event. The CPD points that are assigned to your event can be given to all the event attendees, including the attendees who are members of another modality/professional body.
Step Two: Prepare a certificate with the number of CPD points awarded, the name of the attendee, the date of the event, the title of the event, the location of the event and the professional body that has awarded the CPD points.