Here are some abbreviations which appear on this site. Click on the links for further information.
| BABCP | British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies |
| BACP | The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy validates training programmes, and maintains ethical standards in the profession. |
| BAPPS | British Association for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Supervision. |
| BASRT | The British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy. |
| BPS | British Psychological Society. |
| CAT | Cognitive Analytical Therapy. |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The BABCP website’s General Public page has a section called What is CBT? |
| FPC | The Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling is the professional body for graduates from wpf Counselling and Psychotherapy training. |
| UKCP | The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy maintains lists of accredited training organisations and practitioners. |
| UKRC | The United Kingdom Register of Counsellors includes only counsellors whose training and accountability meets defined rigorous criteria. |
| WPF | WPF Counselling and Psychotherapy (formerly Westminster Pastoral Foundation) is a national network of therapy and training centres. The local WPF centre is Southampton Counselling Ltd. |