NCPS | Benefits

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Benefits of Individual Membership

  • Free Find a Counsellor listing on our website
  • Affordable membership costs
  • A wide range of client-gaining services
  • A well-loved digital members' magazine
  • Exclusive CPD events run online at preferential rates
  • A significant amount of free online/self-paced CPD
  • Professional support for ethical queries
  • Discounts on insurance, services, online CPD, books and a wealth of other resources
  • Reduced fees for Student Supervision or Student Personal Counselling
  • All members (not just Students) can apply for a TOTUM card (previously known as NUS Extra).
  • Access to a wide range of third-party discounts from various organisations
  • Ability to apply for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate

Material Benefits

  • NCPS members get a free 6 month Listing in Psychology Today’s Therapy Directory
  • 4 weeks of free membership to the Counsellors Together UK Members Club
  • Royal Society for Public Health have waived their joining fee for NCS members
  • NCPS Members receive a 20% discount on titles from PCCS Books
  • NCPS Members receive a 20% discount on Routledge’s products.
  • NCPS Members receive a 20% discount on Jessica Kingsley Publishers' books
  • NCPS Members receive a 30% discount on selected titles with SAGE
  • NCPS Members receive discounts with Welldoing.org
  • NCPS Members receive an exclusive £5 off a monthly sole trader package or 10% off a limited company package for the first 12 months with Crunch
  • The NCPS is an approved body for those members who wish to explore tax relief
  • The NCPS is dedicated to creating and making relevant online CPD courses available to members
  • Free CPD library available to NCPS members
  • Free CPD and lectures​​​​​​​ From Counselling Tutor
  • Privacy4 are giving NCS Members a 15% discount on their Essential Guide for Therapists to the Protection of Data

  • Sample of our CPD calendar - only available to NCPS members
    • Understanding the Dark Triad of Personality in Life, Work and Relationships
    • Working with Suicide and Suicidal Ideation
    • Healing Complex PTSD: the Brain Science of Recovery
    • Understanding Personality Disorders Diagnosis / Intervention Strategies
    • Working with Self-Harm and Self-Sabotage
    • Applied EFT
    • Depression, the Brain and Recovery
    • Certificate in Parts Therapy
    • Addiction, the Brain and Recovery
    • Understanding and Managing Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma and Burnout
    • Turn Your Knowledge into Profitable Information Products
    • IMR & Regression incl. Inner Child & Gestalt Techniques Live Online Training
    • Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    • Single Session Therapy: Help at the Point of Need
    • An Introduction to PTSD and Trauma
    • Treating Intrusive Thoughts and the Inner Critical Voice
    • Working with Adolescent / Adult Mental Health
    • Treating Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks
    • Key Principles of Strategic Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
    • Treating Chronic Stress
    • Trauma, the Brain and Recovery
    • Working with Anxiety and Chronic Stress
    • Understanding and Application of Solution Focused Therapy Principles
    • Self Talk and Psycholinguistics in Therapy
    • Certificate in Past Life Regression
    • Time Perspective and Timeline Applications in Therapy and Coaching
    • Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    • Understanding Personality Disorders and Types for Therapy and Coaching Work
    • Understanding Personality Disorders Diagnosis / Intervention Strategies
    • Developing Self Acceptance
    • Treating Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks
    • Irritable Bowel Syndrome: The Hidden Disorder
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