# NCPS Fellowship

### Fellowship is the highest honour the Society can offer. It's a way of recognising people who've made a real and lasting contribution to counselling and psychotherapy, and to say thank you, publicly, for the difference they've made.

It's an honorific title rather than a membership grade, so a Fellow doesn't have to be a practitioner, and Fellowship isn't tied to Registration.

Fellows are entitled to use the letters **FNCPS** after their name, and they're listed as Fellows on our website. Each Fellow also receives a certificate marking the award.

## Who can become a Fellow

Fellowship recognises notable service to the profession and, often, to the Society and its aims. Fellows have done something genuinely worthwhile for both counselling & psychotherapy, as well as for the people the profession exists to serve.

We do ask for a meaningful connection to the profession, but (as above) that doesn't mean you have to be a practitioner. Researchers, educators, campaigners, allied professionals, people who've championed the profession from the outside can all be considered. This is not an exhaustive list.

Contributions might include:

- pioneering or influential practice
- research that's moved the field forward
- teaching and training that's shaped the next generation
- advocacy and campaigning on behalf of the profession or its clients
- raising the profile and standing of counselling and psychotherapy more widely

Fellowship is about the significance of the contribution, however it's been made.

## How to nominate

Anyone can put someone forward, and you're welcome to nominate yourself, if you feel your contribution deserves recognition.

To make a nomination, please send us:

- a **supporting statement** of between 500 and 1,000 words, setting out the contribution and why it merits Fellowship
- the name of a **seconder** who supports the nomination

Email your nomination to [**hello@ncps.com**](mailto:hello@ncps.com).

A panel considers nominations every six months, and will offer up to two Fellowships for each round of nominations. You're welcome to continue nominating yourself or others, and we will do our best to offer constructive feedback to any nominations that are unsuccessful so that you can consider how you might want to develop your experience or supporting statement further, if necessary.

## NCPS Fellows:  

- Anjula Mutanda
- Barbara Hales
- Bernd Leygraf
- Carole Haigh
- David Keenan
- Dominic Davies
- Dr Hugh Quigley
- Dr Karen Doherty
- Dr Lynne Souter-Anderson
- Elizabeth McElligott
- Faye Blackwell
- Gerry Willmore
- Glenna Demeter
- Hilary Rock-Gormley
- Jan Robertson
- Judith Keshet-Orr
- Karen Cromarty
- Karl Gregory
- Kate Day
- Kate Mahoney
- Lindsay Cooper
- Lisa Brooks-Taylor
- Maria Albertsen
- Michael Jacobs
- Miguel Montenegro
- Mona Hayat
- Ms Michaela Phoenix
- Neil Campbell
- Patricia Furness-Smith
- Patricia Molina
- Paula Williams
- Professor Stephen Palmer
- Rev Neil Morrison
- Roger Helyar
- Sarah Van Gogh