Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy: call for evidence
In October 2025, the Partnership of Counselling and Psychotherapy Bodies (PCPB) established an independently chaired Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy examining the landscape of the professions and the key issues affecting the sector.
Part of this process involves capturing the input and views of services, the wider sector and those with lived experience. At this stage, the Commission invite anyone with an interest in the future of the profession to contribute their own evidence.
This input will help inform the final report and recommendations which will support and shape the direction of future collaborative work between the PCPB and engagement with policymakers and commissioners of services on behalf of the profession and for the benefit of clients.
It’s incredibly important to us that our Registrants are able to contribute to this work. In contributing, they will receive a survey with questions based around the four themes of the Commission evidence sessions. These are counselling and psychotherapy:
- the state of the sector
- is there a case for statutory regulation
- the evidence base
- the future for the professions.
It’s incredibly important to us that our members and Registrants are able to contribute to this work.
How to Submit Evidence
BPC Registrants
I fyou are a BPC Registrant, you will have recieved your link via email to your inbox. If you have not recieved this and would like to contribute, please contact us and we’ll send you the link.
Stakeholders and members of the public
If you provide a service, work in the wider mental health sector, have lived experience or have an interest in the Commission’s work and would like to submit evidence, please complete the survey by clicking here: Stakeholder and public call for evidence link.
It’s important that we collect and gather the evidence submitted correctly, so please be sure to use the correct link to submit your evidence. The deadline to submit evidence is 12:00pm on Friday 27 March.
