What we do

CPC carries out a number of activities in the UK that contribute to maintaining the highest standards of practice in child psychotherapy: 

• Protecting the title of child psychotherapy to ensure it is only used by appropriately qualified practitioners

• Creating a community of child psychotherapy professionals with a shared vision and influential voice

• Promoting rigorous standards for training and continuing professional development

• Establishing a body of best practice principles, ethics and guidelines to be adhered to by practitioners and researchers

• Lobbying for funding and improved mental health services for children and young people

• Influencing public policy and legislation related to child mental health

• Pioneering research in child psychotherapy practice and outcomes

• Informing the general public on the practice, benefits and outcomes of child psychotherapy and how to select the right mental health service

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