Petition to: make Psychotherapy an independent chartered profession in its own right and kept distinct from psychology, medicine or any other allied profession.

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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.

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-Petition

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15454.asp

Prime Minister's Office

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

Prime Minister's Office

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

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