Professional Groups all have their own criteria for accredited membership and their published Registers give details of the ethical standards to which their members are committed to work.  Registers and Directories can often be consulted in Public Libraries.

The British Psychological Society
St Andrews House, 48 Princes Road East, Leicester LE17DR 
0116 254 9568

The Register of Chartered Psychologists  Chartered psychologists are qualified to specific standards defined by the BPS.  Of particular interest to those looking for a psychotherapist or a counsellor are those who are either clinical psychologists or counselling psychologists.  The register only exists on the web and searches for a particular type of psychologist in a particular geographical area can be made online.

The Directory of Chartered Psychologists  This is the version of the Register which gives details of which services are provided in which geographical area.  You will find a copy in most libraries.
 

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
1 Regent Place Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2PJ 
0178 857 8328

The BACP publishes a Counselling and Psychotherapy Resources Directory.  This is a useful list of organisations and individuals practising as counsellors in different geographical areas.  Whilst qualifications are listed there is no specific level of qualification necessary for inclusion in the directory.

The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF 
0207 436 3002

The National Register of Psychotherapists gives details of psychotherapists who have achieved a certain level of qualification.  The register is organised in different sections for different types of psychotherapy e.g. psychoanalytic, cognitive etc.

The British Confederation of Psychotherapists
West Hill House, Swains Lane London  N6 6QS 
0208 7267 3626

The BCP is an association of psychoanalysts, analytical psychologists, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and child psychotherapists who have trained with organisations which meet specific standards.  The BCP Register gives a list of psychotherapists in geographical areas.
 

British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists
Globe Centre, PO Box 9, Accrington BB5 2GD 
01254 875 277

This association publishes a list of accredited practitioners in the Directory of Accredited Behavioural/Cognitive & REBT Psychotherapists.  This can also be searched on the web.

The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy
ACAT, 3rd Floor South Wing, Division of Academic Psychiatry, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambert Palace Road, London SE1 7EH.     
0207 188 0692