Conditions and Guidelines for Private Practice Registration

This statement is written in conjunction with the “Guidelines for Working in Private Practice” approved by Council in 2013. Those guidelines give definitions of Private Practice and outlines the process of getting on the register; a process to be undertaken in close collaboration with a supervisor who will monitor, mentor and then support the candidate’s application for registration. However, many questions have arisen from supervisors and candidates alike asking what activities would be appropriate and acceptable to ADMP to satisfy the criteria outlined in the Guidelines.

Conditions for registration:

Two or more years engaging in DMP work after graduating from an accredited course.

A minimum of 300 clinical hours have been completed in the context of a team.

These hours must be completed within five consecutive years but not necessarily immediately after qualification.

These 300 clinical hours to be supervised at a rate of 1 supervision hour to every 8 sessions. There is a minimum requirement of a one clinical supervision session per month even if eight working hours have not been completed within the period.

When those clinical and supervisory hours are completed and audited, and the supervisor has supported the application with or without conditions (see the form for registration), the RDMP is eligible to apply for the Private Practice Register.

Applicants will be expected to have experience of different client groups in a variety of settings.

Definitions and Guidance notes:

Clinical hours include leading one to one sessions, group work, and workshops in which the practitioner feels they are using their clinical skills and a psychotherapeutic attitude to promote “a relational process in which client/s and therapist engage in an empathic creative process using body movement and dance to assist integration of emotional, cognitive, physical, social and spiritual aspects of self.” (Definition of DMP on our website) These may or may not be an hour in time, for example a session that is less than an hour in time, e.g. sessions with children can be half an hour or forty five minutes, will still count as an hour. Any sessions that last longer than an hour e.g. a group that is an hour and a half, will count as two hours.

Supervision

For this registration process, there are specific supervision requirements:

At least 60% of this supervision needs to be done by someone on the ADMP Supervision Register. 40% may be done by a supervisor in the equivalent professional position, (i.e. a supervisor registered with a recognized professional body e.g. UKCP, BPC, HCPC) It is strongly recommended that supervision is regular and face to face. However, there might be a situation when a DMP may prefer to seek on-going clinical supervision via regular Skype contact with an experienced DMP Registered Supervisor, rather than with a professional from another field. This would ONLY be appropriate after a period of face to face supervision with the DMP supervisor, which includes an assessment of the suitability of this type of supervision for this particular supervisee.

The supervisors, their contact details and their agreement to be contacted for audit must be included. Applicants should submit their supervision log and the log should be signed by all supervisors named on the log. It is recommended that the applicant have had at least 25 hours of supervision (up to 8 of which could be group supervision; the rest need to be individual) At least 10 of these individual sessions should be with the same supervisor who also is the supervisor who signs the statement of support on an application.

Audit will be done by a member of the PDC committee. Once the paper work has been submitted, the supervisor will be contacted by a member of the PDC to discuss the application.

A team can betwo or more people who have agreed to work together in a supportive capacity in a particular setting. It is assumed that the members of the team (other than the RDMP) are appropriate professionals for that client group. Neither the setting nor the team have to be institutional but the team does need to be supervised and the setting deemed safe. There must be at least one other person making up the team who is a qualified therapist, or the team must be an appropriate multi-disciplinary one in an institutional setting. Gaining relevant experience within a team may be done in a variety of ways, such as:

  1. Finding work within an organisation that has a legal identity and has in place such things as insurance, operating procedures and codes of ethics and practice. Supervision may be found within the organisation or may have to be bought separately.
  1. Setting up groups under the mentorship of a DMP practitioner who is on the registers and can provide support and supervision for their process.
  1. Setting up an organisation (e.g. social enterprise) with other professionals.

This is not an exhaustive list, and ADMP welcomes new initiatives and ways of generating work and experience.

If an RDMP does set up his/her own group in order to generate DMP experience, it is recommended that they let ADMP know about the organisation and its set up.

Please note that ADMP recognises that existing organisations or individuals who may be able to offer opportunities to RDMPs working towards PP registration, may need to charge administration fees. However, any individual clinical supervision (provided by an ADMP UK registered clinical supervisor) would need to be provided by a clinical supervisor independent from the organisation and the staff on the team, even if the cost of the supervision is a part of the “package” offered by the business .This is to prevent any possible conflict of interest.

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