Election 2009 archived documents

Links to the UKCP Election documents:

Andrew Samuels Discussion of Carmen Ablacks statement 26-10-09 click to download
Further statement from Carmen Ablack 25.10.09 click to download
Addition statemnt from Carmen Ablack 13.10.09 click to download
Final statement from Andrew Samuels 13.10.09 click to download

HIP Section letter.pdf click to download
FCFST Section letter.pdf click to download
HypnoPhychs letter.pdf click to download

Andrew Samuels' Response to HIPS Election Document.pdf click to download
PA Open Letter to Board of Trustees.pdf click to download

 

 

CPJA UPDATE ON UKCP ELECTION

 

There have been rapid and controversial developments in the election of the new UKCP chair. Sally Forster has withdrawn from the race, presumably to avoid a split vote for the current UKCP leadership. This leaves two candidates – Andrew Samuels and Carmen Ablack. Read their election statements on the UKCP website: www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ukcp_elections.html

The mail out of ballot papers to individual registrants has been delayed. Papers should be posted on 7 October and so should arrive by the weekend. See the UKCP website for an explanation for the delay and what to do if you have not received papers by 14 October. For some of us the voting period may now be two weeks, including half-term, rather than a month, for those living abroad even less.

The CPJA executive has been pressing for the UKCP website to be opened for Q & A’s between candidates and registrants, and for an open forum of debate among individual voters. Given the imbalance of support for candidates at UKCP central, we have argued that open access to the website for candidates and registrants is the only guarantor of a level playing field. It looks likely that this will happen soon. Please keep checking the UKCP website for information on this, and contribute to the debates as and how you wish.

Despite the fact that several other section chairs have clearly made a collective decision to attack the integrity of Andrew Samuels’ credentials and his motives for standing, we stand by our decision at our last section meeting to neither endorse nor criticise either candidate. Andrew’s and Carmen’s election statements offer a clear choice of vision for the future direction of the UKCP. Website access will hopefully allow you to put your own questions to each candidate. Make up your own mind how to vote.

At the same time, in the light of attempts to imply that Andrew’s platform is a ‘Trojan horse’ for political opinion alien to the UKCP, we feel we need to make clear:

1. Our section has always represented a plurality of opinion on the nature of regulation appropriate to the profession of psychotherapy. In what is still the only attempt among therapy and counselling organisations to ask individual practitioners what they think about regulation through HPC, the survey of CPJA members returned a substantial majority against HPC regulation.

2. Our section has consistently resisted the bureaucratic and centralist policies on codes of ethics and complaints procedures, training standards, CPD, supervision qualifications etc originating from UKCP central and designed to prepare UKCP for HPC regulation.

3. Our section has consistently argued against the erosion of democratic processes within the UKCP.

 

The CPJA website is now a resource for information and discussion on the election. We will be adding documents to the library as we receive them, so please make use of it. Andrew Samuels has added to his statement, responding to reactions and questions about his election platform . For the library of documents relating to the election click on this link: cpja.org.uk/Election_2009/

There is now also an open discussion forum for CPJA members available on the section’s website. You need your login details to access it. Click this link www.cpja.org.uk/forums/login.php and log-in to access the forum on UKCP election of chair 2009. Please contribute! And please vote!

 

JANET WEISZ

Chair CPJA