Continuing Professional Development     

You need to complete regular CPD when you’re registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), via the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP). You have to:

• Undertake 250 hours of CPD over a 5-year period
• Complete a minimum of 20 hours of CPD in any 1 year within that 5-year period

What is CPD?

Each year, CPD can consist of:

• 12 hours of supervision, but it must be 18 hours in the first 3 years of practice
• 20 hours of keeping up to date with developments in the field. This could be through:
  • Reading AFSP publications, such as Context and the Journal of Family Therapy
  • Getting involved with AFSP. For example, through joining one of our committees or branches
  • Research and evaluation
  • Listening to podcasts
  • Teaching
• 18 hours of attending in-person or online events, including workshops, conferences, webinars or other training events. This should include:
  • Level 3 safeguarding training
  • Training that is relevant to your clinical practice
  • At least 12 hours of systemic physiotherapy training

Keeping track of CPD

As a registered member of UKCP through AFSP, you will need to:

• Discuss your CPD with your supervisor or in peer group supervision each year.
• Keep an annual log of your CPD
• Submit a review of your CPD every 3 to 5 years or more often if you’re asked to do so by AFSP. This is part of the re-accreditation process you need to go through as a registered member of UKCP. The review should have details of the CPD you’ve done and what you’d like to do in the future, after discussing this in supervision.