| Description | Material relating to the activities of the British Psychology Society Counselling Psychology Section (1982-1988) and its later incarnation as Special Group in Counselling Psychology (1989-1994) including meeting and AGM minutes, correspondence, programmes and administration of conferences and events, membership, campaigning for change in status and organisation of a diploma.
Includes
BPS/002/4/04/01 BPS Special Group in Counselling Psychology Papers and Correspondence 1982-1994 [temporary file material to be recatalogued and material moved to AGM, Conferences, Membership and Constitution]
BPS/002/4/04/03 BPS Counselling Psychology Section AGM 1985-1988
BPS/002/4/04/05 BPS Special Group in Counselling Psychology Projects, Reports, Correspondence [awaiting transfer]
BPS/002/4/04/06 BPS Special Group in Counselling Psychology Conferences and Events [awaiting transfer and recataloguing of file 1 above]
BPS/002/4/04/07 BPS Special Group in Counselling Psychology Members [awaiting transfer]
BPS/002/4/04/08 BPS Special Group in Counselling Psychology Awards
For later material see BPS/002/2/02 Division of Counselling Psychology which took over the Special Group in 1998.
See also BPS Counselling Psychology publications at Senate House Library - including 'Newsletters' from 1982 later 'Counselling Psychology Review', later 'The Coaching Psychologist'. As well as Division of Counselling Psychology Occasional Papers 1998-1998; |
| AdminHistory | Counselling Psychology was set up as a Section of the British Psychological Society in December 1981 with its first meeting in January 1982 under the Chairmanship of Richard Nelson-Jones and Stephen Murgatroyd as the honorary Treasurer. There were 200 members initially with 450 by December 1985. A working party was set up to consider the case for applying to form a Division of Counselling Psychology the same year. This was because within the BPS divisions had some overview on training and qualifications. A working party of the Section was set up to consider the 'Essential Components in a Training Course for Counselling Psychologists.
There were 850 members by the end of 1987 and as the first step to becoming a Division - the Section applied for Special Group status in 1988 which was agreed by the Society in March 1989. The Group worked very closely with Membership and Qualifications Board to draft recommendations for a diploma in Counselling Psychology.
After a BPS Qualification Statement on Counselling Psychology in 1990, it took until 1992 to set up a Diploma in Counselling Psychology and start of the process to become a division [see BPS/02/2/02 BPS Division of Counselling Psychology] with an extraordinary meeting held in January 1994 which was ratified at the Society's AGM which also voted in favour of the title 'Chartered Counselling Psychologist'.
See also BPS Counselling Psychology publications at Senate House Library - including Newsletter 1982 later Counselling Psychology Review, later The Coaching Psychologist at Senate House Library. As well as Division of Council Psychology Occasional Papers 1998-1998; |