Professional Standards

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Our Professional Regulator
The Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) is a member-institution of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), our regulatory and standard-setting body.

Our Society
We are committed to the safety and welfare of our patients, and the public. Members are required to act according to the BPC’s Standards of Conduct, Practice and Ethics. Where there is evidence of failure to maintain professional boundaries, either during or after treatment, we will always contact the BPC forthwith. Should the BPC find that one of our members is unfit to practice and remove their professional registration, that person will cease to be a member of the SAP.

Our Members
All members of the SAP are required to be registered with the BPC and subject to the BPC’s professional regulation. A small number of our members are registered with the UKCP, also a regulatory body. However, all of our members must adhere to the BPC’s Code of Ethics, professional standards and guidance.  The BPC’s Standards for Conduct, Practice and Ethics may be accessed here.   

Our Trainings
Our professional trainings are accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council.

Our Trainees
All trainees are subject to the SAP’s Code of Ethics for Trainees, and must adhere to the Code. The clinical practice of our trainees is supervised by SAP analysts.

Safeguarding
We strive to remain alert to Safeguarding issues for Children and Adults at Risk, and to act swiftly. We have measures in place, including a programme of Safeguarding training, for our members and our trainees.

Complaints
We take our duty of care to those in treatment with our members, and via our Clinic, extremely seriously. 

Any complaint relating to an SAP member practice or conduct should be submitted to the BPC, or to the UKCP (if applicable to the member), as follows:
For the BPC, consult www.bpc.org.uk/regulation/  for contact details and advice on submitting a complaint. 
For the UKCP, consult www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ukcp-members/complaints/how-to-make-a-complaint/ for contact details and advice on making a complaint.

For patients of the SAP Clinic, a complaints procedure exists for complaints to be addressed swiftly with the care and attention needed.  Requests for the procedure, and complaints, should be addressed to the SAP Clinic Director at clinic@thesap.org.uk

For non-clinical matters, complaints should be addressed to the SAP Chief Executive at ceo@thesap.org.uk