About the TSP

What is the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and Allied Professionals?

The TSP was established in 1995 and has over 470 members. It is a professional association that includes those trained in adult psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry and systemic and family psychotherapy as well as other trained professionals who have completed an appropriate psychodynamic or systemic public sector related training programme. The great majority of TSP members contribute to the development of mental health services in the NHS and the public sector. The TSP aims to contribute to the continuing professional development of its members, and also produces for the members of the Society an electronic membership Register.

Individual practitioners are eligible for membership of the TSP through qualifying as a member of one of the Tavistock Society's four Divisions. These are:

• Adult Psychotherapists Division
  
• Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists Division
  
• Systemic Family Psychotherapists Division
  
• Allied Professionals Division

At the present time qualification for membership of the TSP is by completion of particular training courses under the aegis of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.

A small but significant number of TSP members, on completion of the Tavistock training course, work abroad and contribute to the development of psychotherapy services there.

The TSP aims to make a significant contribution to the continuing professional development of its members and thereby to improve the quality of mental health service delivery in the NHS and public services.

Members are expected to adhere to the Code of Ethics and Ethical Guidelines of their professional regulatory body and/or employers.

The TSP is not a regulatory professional body and does not have a complaints procedure, except, for the time being, in the case of those members of the Adult Division who are registered though the TSP with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) . After 1 January 2007 the BPC will investigate any complaints made against its registrants, including any members of the TSP, and the TSP will no longer maintain a complaints procedure in respect of any category of its members.

Benefits of membership

• Events are arranged within and across Divisions, which members are eligible to attend either free or at a reduced cost.
• Entry into an electronic membership Register produced for TSP members.
• Valuable Tavistock Library privileges. For a discounted price of £120.00 per academic year, TSP members are eligible for Internet access to all the Tavistock Clinic library's online databases and electronic journals, from home, work or elsewhere, as well as an entitlement to loans of up to 10 items at a time.

Document edited on 29 March 2007