Free guides to finding a therapist in the UK
Plain-English guides to help you choose a registered therapist, counsellor or other practitioner, check their register, understand costs and NHS routes, and know what to expect. Every guide is free to read and print.
Find a therapist For practitioners: list your practice free
Finding the right practitioner
- How to Find a Registered Therapist in the UK
- How to choose a therapist
- Who does what: the professions on Therapist Circle
- Questions to ask before you book
- How to Check a Practitioner's Professional Register
- Online or In-Person Therapy: How to Choose
- Online therapy safety checklist
- What happens in a first session
- What happens after you send an introduction
- When therapy isn’t working: how to raise it, change therapist or end well
- Cognitive behavioural therapy and person-centred therapy
- Plain-English glossary
Cost, the NHS and free help
Children, families and carers
The professions explained
- Counsellors
- Psychotherapists: what they do and how to find a registered psychotherapist in the UK
- Psychologists
- Arts Therapists
- Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists
- Dance Movement Psychotherapists
- Family and Systemic Psychotherapists
- Play Therapists
- Occupational therapists: what an OT does and how to find a registered occupational therapist in the UK
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Dietitians
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For practitioners
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Please read. These guides are general information for the UK, not medical, legal or professional advice. Therapist Circle is an independent directory and is not affiliated with the NHS or any professional body. If you are in crisis or worried about your safety right now, call 999, or call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option, or call Samaritans free on 116 123.