VSR...How Do I Register?

Individual Therapists

If you're a qualified therapist practicing complementary therapy and are not sure whether you qualify for registration with the BCTC, please contact us to clarify your situation.

Group Membership

Group applications of therapists can be made if the Group Application Criteria are met.

Please view the Group Application Form and Checklist to see if your Professional Association can process an application on your behalf.

If you feel your PA qualifies, please contact your Association and ask the membership secretary or another representative of the Association to contact us to confirm the Group Application Criteria

Training Standards

If you are an Association, School or Clinic offering training, please review the documents relating to Standards of Practice and Training and Education Standards to confirm that your training syllabus meets the BCTC Registration requirements. Incorporating our standards will improve the credibility of your training syllabus and is more likely to help your therapy move towards acceptance into the State and Private Healthcare systems.

For those Associations, Schools or Clinics whose therapy courses have not, in the past, fully incorporated the BCTC Standards, you could consider offering your graduated therapists a top-up course, covering the BCTC Standards as part of their CPD programme, in support of their application to the BCTC.

Application Review Panel

The information we request will require verification and approval by our Applications Review Panel, so your application will only be processed if we receive ALL the documentation requested (see Individual Application Form).

Once approved, you will be contacted by our Administrator and receive your BCTC Registration Certificate. You will also be eligible to use the BCTC Approved logo on all your promotional literature, website and all correspondence.

Individual:

Download the following:

  1. BCTC Application Form
  2. BCTC Code of Ethics
  3. BCTC Standards of Practice
  4. BCTC Standards of Training
  5. BCTC Continuing Professional Development
  6. If applicable:
  7. BCTC Grandparenting Guidelines

Group Application:

Download the following:

  1. BCTC Group Application Form
  2. BCTC Group Application Checklist
  3. BCTC Code of Ethics
  4. BCTC Standards of Practice
  5. BCTC Standards of Training
  6. BCTC Continuing Professional Development

Contact Us

You can contact the BCTC Administrator on:

Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays between: 10.00am - 5.00pm

Tel: 01202 301 290

Email enquiries: contact@bctcvsr.org.uk

Postal Address:
BCTC Applications
P O Box 5012
Bournemouth
Dorset, BH8 0LW