Psychotherapy Practice Accreditation
Independent review of one clinic or practice: professional standing, clinical governance, therapist credentials, client safety, supervision, records, complaints and service quality.
Who this is for
Clinics and practices that take referrals, work with insurers or are asked by clients who sees them and how the work is supervised.
- Review fee
- $990 per practice
- Evidence portfolio
- 11 sections
- Normal decision
- 10 working days
- Certificate validity
- 12 months
Claims are checked against documents and public records
One published standard in every country
Every awarded accreditation has a checkable number
Documents required
Listed before the fee, so you can confirm that the required evidence is available before paying.
What is required
Only 2 documents. Everything below is optional, and a submission is complete without it.
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Legal registration evidence Upload the current official registration document. Files are held as private portfolio evidence, not published. PDF or image · up to 12.0 MB
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Diplomas and qualification certificates of the clinical team At least the clinical lead. Attach as many as you wish; a scan or a photograph is enough. PDF, image, Word or ZIP · up to 12.0 MB
Helpful, but not required 30 documents
A submission is complete without these. Each one gives the reviewer something to credit rather than something to assume.
- Current governance chart or terms of reference
- Current internal credential register
- Recruitment, identity and credential-checking procedure
- Most recent anonymised CPD compliance audit
- Current professional indemnity certificate or schedule
- Current service specification or clinical scope document
- Current safeguarding policy
- Suicide, self-harm, violence and acute-risk procedure
- Emergency and out-of-hours escalation protocol
- Most recent safeguarding and risk training compliance report
- Practice ethics and professional boundaries policy
- Current client consent form or therapy agreement
- Confidentiality and lawful-disclosure procedure
- Clinical record-keeping and retention policy
- Current client privacy notice
- Information-security and access-control policy
- Data-breach detection, escalation and notification procedure
- Clinical supervision policy
- Most recent anonymised supervision compliance audit
- Clinical audit and quality-assurance procedure
- Most recent clinical audit report and action plan
- Client complaints procedure
- Clinical incident and near-miss reporting procedure
- Duty of candour, open disclosure or client-notification procedure
- Anonymised 12-month complaints and incidents log with actions
- Most recent premises safety, privacy and accessibility assessment
- Remote and telephone care policy
- Business continuity and service disruption plan
- Most recent anonymised outcomes and client-experience report
- Current quality-improvement plan with owners and deadlines
Where a public record exists, the submission asks for its link instead of a copy. Sections can be saved before they are complete.
Applicant details
The fee
The submission
Review and decision
The psychotherapy practice
Identify the clinic or practice that will appear on the certificate and in the register.
- The psychotherapy practice
- Clinical services
- The named contact