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LACAP Publishes Counselling & Psychotherapy Guidelines for Referrals from GP's.

by Donald Kirkpatrick on May 30, 2009

The London Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy has published information for Doctors about making effective referrals to psychological services in the UK.

Donald Kirkpatrick is a psychoanalyst and clinical manager at LACAP.

“The recognition and treatment of anxiety & depression, and knowing when to refer to psychotherapy or counselling is a challenging area of clinical practice, especially in primary care where there are many patients with various presentations and a multitude of causes for distress. Then there are, despite the evidence showing patient preference for psychotherapy & counselling above treatment by medication, the twin problems of counselling & psychotherapy service availability in London, and the barriers both to referring over and to entering psychotherapy and counselling treatments.”

The advice refers to the current NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidelines for the uses of psychotherapy and...Read More >>



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