Professional organisations & standards

• Association for University and College Counselling - part of the British Association for Counselling, publications include Advisory Service to Institutions Guide to Training Courses, Guide to Recognising Good Practice, Annual National Statistical Survey
  
  
• British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies - includes articles & links to other organsiations & sites
  
  
• British Association for Counselling - information on the organisation & publications, basic principles of counselling, research network, information on how to find a counsellor
  
  
• British Association of Social Workers - including code of ethics, news, publications & many useful links
  
  
• The British Confederation of Psychotherapists - "a linking body of psychoanalytic psychotherapy societies including those with the longest established trainings in the UK, & also some newer societies such as the Northern Ireland Association for the Study of Psychoanalysis", site includes 6 articles written for the Guardian (newspaper) in 1996
  
  
• British Psychoanalytical Society
  
  
• British Psychological Society - includes student section, careers information, list of accredited undergraduate courses, the Register & Directory of Chartered Psychologists, information about the activities of the BPS & their publications.
  
  
• Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW) - organisational services, also careers & training information, student funding & advice for overseas social workers.
  
  
• Counselling in Primary Care Trust (UK) - includes news, frequently asked questions about counselling in practice, research, database of academic abstracts & journal, newsletter, conferences, courses & links
  
  
• Counsellors in Primary Care - Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists in Primary Care Ltd - site includes application form, news, diary of events
  
  
• Couple Counselling Scotland - a confidential counselling service for people in marriage and other intimate personal relationships, site includes Frequently Asked Questions & local couple counselling services
  
  
• The Independent Practitioners Network - psychotherapists in the UK, membership by peer group assessment
  
  
• Institute of Mental Health Law - UK site for information & updates on mental health law, relevant legal issues, cases & research
  
  
• Institute of Psychiatry - the Maudsley page - also includes information & activities from the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust. The site covers research & teaching, news & publications, information on the separate organisations & links to selected mental health sites, including research & supportive self-help for chronic fatigue syndrome/ME & Gulf War illnesses from Kings College Hospital (a particular approach, not an overview of international research), cognitive remediation - a therapy for people with schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & young people, Manic Depression
  
  
• National Family Mediation Services - helping people through divorce & separation, information about mediation & finding a local service in the UK
  
  
• National Institute for Social Work (UK) - social work articles, research, good links, mailing lists, newsgroups
  
  
• Relate - largest relationship counselling organisation in the UK, information & brief case studies about their counselling services, psychosexual therapy & mediation, factsheets online, email service available next year, links to other professional organisations, information about becoming a counsellor
  
  
• Samaritans - Festival branch - a 24 hour Samaritan service provided for festivals & events, site has information about the service & volunteers, also festival & other links
  
  
• Student Counselling in UK Universities - good guide to problems & solutions, including links to pages at various universities, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for students, FAQs on research, how to find your local university counselling service, links to UK university counselling services, links to other sources of help. Site organised by HUCS (Heads of University Counselling Services) Group, within BAC
  
  
• Telephone Helplines Association - site includes directory with 24 subject areas, including children, employment, health, housing, immigration, law, prison etc. also newsletter, forums
  
  
• University Student Counselling - resource list for those managing counselling, part of the British Association for Counselling
  
  
• The Who Cares Trust - works to improve children's &young people's day-to-day experience of care and to improve their prospects after care, working with young people & professionals. Site includes details of helpline, projects (including needs of disabled young people, health, lifeskills, education, preparation for employment), publications including online booklet for young people

International organisations

• American Art Therapy Association - including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), code of ethics, international links
  
  
• American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
  
  
• American Counseling Association - includes news, journals, chat room & their code of ethics
  
  
• American Psychological Association - includes a student section on study at different levels & FAQs (freuently asked questions)
  
  
• American School Counselor Association - includes their ethical standards (also covers career counselling)
  
  
• Befrienders International - volunteer action to prevent suicide in 41 countries worldwide, site includes information on helplines, warning signs, helping a friend, myths & other information about depression, self-harm, homosexuality, bullying. Site in various languages
  
  
• Association for the Development of the Person Centred Approach - events, articles, links & publications
  
  
• National Association of School Psychologists (US)
  
  
• National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) - US organsation
  
  
• NBCC Code of Ethics - also, International Registry for WebCounselors, design of model webpage for WebCounselors, draft of standards