Become a Member
If you are a psychologist working with children and young people in private practice, becoming a member offers the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, share expertise and access valuable resources to support your work.
Our network brings together psychologists from a range of specialisms who work with children, young people and their families. Membership provides opportunities for collaboration, professional development and access to a supportive community of practitioners with shared interests and challenges.
To become a member you need:
- A current registration as a Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- To be working in private practice for 30% of your working week.
- To work with children and young people up to the age of 25 years.
- Have no outstanding formal complaints against you.
Many of our members are also Chartered Psychologists (BPS) and /or members of specialist organisations such as ACP UK, AEP, the British Neuropsychological Society etc.
As a member you can:
- Draw on the experience and specialist knowledge of current members, including Clinical Psychologists, Educational Psychologists, Neuropsychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists etc
- Identify local psychologists to share resources
- Join Special Interest Groups
- Access relevant training
- Identify supervision options to suit your needs
- Access information and resources through our Members area
- Benefit from easy access to work enquiries and choose your preferred focus
AChiPPP is a professional network and directory. We do not:
• recommend or endorse individual psychologists
• confirm qualifications beyond HCPC registration
• intervene in disputes between psychologists and clients
• encourage psychologists to leave employed roles
Our History
The AChiPPP inaugural conference was in October 2006. Members who attended had the benefit of hearing Theo Paphitis, among other noted speakers, give his thoughts on setting up in private practice. Since then we have continued to develop to meet the needs of members.
Currently we run regular training sessions on topics such as: Safeguarding, AI for Psychologists, Clinical Wills, SENDIST Changes.
In September 2024 we began a bimonthly lunchtime seminar series so members could share their expertise and areas of specialist interest.
- Sept 2024 – Autistic Spectrum Condition
- Nov 2024 – Working with parents
- Jan 2025 – Issues in Supervision
- March 2025 – ACT and compassion based approaches
- May and July 2025 – The business side of working as an independent psychologist
- Sept 2025 – An Introduction to PolyVagal Theory and it’s application to parenting work and classroom management
- Nov 2025 – Contracts, written agreements and the difficulties of fee setting
- Jan 2026 – a basic introduction to Theraplay
- March 2026 – Perfectionism Across Generations: Family Patterns and Clinical Approaches
May 2026 – Embodiment
At the local level, members organise local support groups with opportunities for peer contact, supervision and equipment sharing.
AChiPPP encourages Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and currently the following SIGSs are running:
- Specific Learning Difficulties
- Supervision
- SENDIST
The SIGs tend to grow out of situations where there is new information to be discussed or where psychologists wish to have a voice