New Application for Trainee Membership 2025-2026

This membership category is open to current student members of UPCA who have been approved to begin clinical practice by their accredited UPCA counselling/psychotherapy training programme. Trainee members have not yet graduated or met the full requirements of their training programme and are working towards fulfilling the criteria for registration.

This category is available to members for the duration of their training programme to enable completion of the supervised practice element of training, and in preparation to fulfil the necessary criteria for registration as a psychotherapeutic counsellor or a psychotherapist. Members in this category are entitled to apply to UKCP for entry onto the UKCP trainee directory. Members in this category are entitled to use the designation;
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Part A: Personal Details

UPCA Student Membership

Do you hold a current student certificate:

Part B : Clinical Practice Declarations

I have been approved by my training institution to undertake clinical practice:
Have any complaints been made against you regarding your clinical work?
(If yes, please provide details)
Do you agree to comply with the UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice?
Are you seeing clients in a supervised training practice/placement?
Do you have current indemnity insurance:
Members are not covered by UPCA insurance. It is a membership requirement for all members in practice to have their own full clinical professional indemnity insurance (Note: Placement agency insurance or non-practising student insurance is not acceptable).

Part C: Clinical Practice Details

(This must meet the minimum required ratio of 1:6)

Clinical Supervisor Details

Trainee psychotherapists are required to have supervision from a therapist who is UKCP Registered. Trainee psychotherapeutic counsellor's supervisors should be approved by their university.

Terms and Conditions

TRAINEE MEMBERSHIP OF UPCA:

In applying for UPCA Trainee Membership, I hereby confirm that I:

  • Am approved by my training institution to undertake clinical practice
  • Will maintain an appropriate level of clinical practice hours
  • Will maintain regular clinical supervision
    (minimum ratio of 1:6 hours supervision to client hours)
  • Will work in accordance with the UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
  • Will advise UPCA of any breaks in practice/training
  • Will advise UPCA of any convictions or complaints made against me
  • Will maintain adequate professional indemnity insurance
  • Will notify UPCA if my contact details change
  • Will comply by the UPCA Fitness to Practice procedures

DECLARATION:

PLEASE NOTE: Trainee Members of UPCA who wish to become UKCP Trainee members must make a separate online application to UKCP at www.psychotherapy.org.uk/join-us/

This cannot be done on your behalf by UPCA or your training university. Once UKCP receives your completed application form and payment information, they will verify your current membership of UPCA. This will usually take around 7-10 working days.

UKCP membership and fees are additional to, and separate from UPCA membership fees, UKCP will also send you a reminder every August for membership year 1st October to 30th September.

UKCP MEMBERSHIP IS DEPENDANT UPON YOU CONTINUALLY MAINTAINING YOUR UPCA MEMBERSHIP.

Data Protection

The information you provide in this form is required to process your membership. You will have the right to access the information you have provided as well as the other rights afforded to you under data protection laws. You may request for the information to be destroyed. This will result in your withdrawal from the process. If you do not provide all the information required on this form your renewal may not be processed.

Information submitted may be stored and processed electronically for the purposes of delivering services, marketing and supplying information. Data may be passed to other parts of the organisation and partner organisations operating on our behalf to enable this to take place. We will ensure your data is always stored and handled securely.

To find out more about the way we look after personal data please see the UPCA privacy notice on our website at: www.upca.org.uk

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