Invitation to the Recalled Manchester Stakeholders Meeting

Dear HPC, HPC PLG for P&C, and HPC Stakeholders,

I have been discussing with a number of colleagues in the field of counselling and psychotherapy the HPC Stakeholder meeting held in Manchester earlier this year. As you may know, many of those who were able to attend the meeting were disappointed by the presentations, and are concerned that the follow-up to the discussion that took place has not been arranged by the HPC. A letter was circulated to those who attended from Jonathan Coe, one of the speakers, but apart from that there has been no opportunity to take forward the discussion and to involve more counsellors, psychotherapists and clients.

We have taken it upon ourselves to organise an event to reflect on these issues, and this will take place on Saturday 3 October 2.00-5.00 at the Friends Meeting House, 5 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS. So now we would like to invite you, as someone who did attend that Manchester meeting, to attend the Manchester HPC recall meeting to get a more accurate picture of the debate that is taking place in the profession about the proposed regulation. We have invited Anna van der Gaag and HPC personnel to attend.

Please do let us know if you will be coming, so we can be sure to reserve a seat for you.

We will be happy to involve you in the discussions that afternoon, and intend the meeting to serve as a model for consultation around state regulation of counselling and psychotherapy.

Yours sincerely



Ian Parker
Manchester Alliance (Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy against State Regulation: www.allianceforcandp.org