I tried to complain to BACP about outrageous behaviour of a psychotherapist - it was so sick that it meant she was profoundly unwell and I was more concerned for her immediate personal safety and life than my own treatment failure and all that imbued. Having ended the treatment immediately, I then rang the BACP to ask for intervention and action.Having been a member of BPS as a student I am well aware of the focus around ethics and having explicit consent, not “thought” or implied. So this whole this is exceptionally shocking.
BACP etc also have similar statements on ethics. Counsellors and psychologists worth anything would adhere to ethical frameworks and transparency.
Jess has no therapeutic training or experience and it shows.
So, turns out their membership means nothing whatsoever and the only time they're interested in a complaint about one of their professional members (who basically just pay an annual fee to be included on their register after having confirmed taken a basic counselling course) is if it's of a nature that would be virtually criminal and if one can absolutely prove it in the same way as in a court of law. They're not interested in holding a complaint on file in case a future client reports the same problem, they're not interested in the harm done or if that person is still perpetrating more to the next person, they're not interested if therapists are total con artists, which many are.
In fact the most useful thing they said when I rang them is I should lobby my local MP and the government to change legislation (about regulation of therapists) as that would help.
Huh.