List Your Family Therapy Practice Free: Family and Systemic Psychotherapists (UK)

In short: We’re a free UK directory. Family and systemic psychotherapists on the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) register, or listed with the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy (AFSP), can list their practice with us at no cost, with no subscription, commission or card details. We look you up on the public register by hand before your profile appears on Find. Join free.

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Please read. This is general information written by Therapist Circle, not medical, clinical or professional advice. We’re a directory: we don’t provide therapy, we don’t recommend or guarantee any practitioner, and we’re not a crisis service. If you need urgent help, please use the crisis box at the bottom of this page. Services and rules change, so check the official websites linked here.

Facts at a glance

Who can list	Family and systemic psychotherapists on the UK Council for Psychotherapy register, or listed with the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Cost	Free. No subscription, commission, paid placement or card details.
Register checked	The UK Council for Psychotherapy register, or the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy’s directory
What we verify	That your name and registration number match a current entry on the public register. We look you up by hand before your profile appears on Find, and re-check listed practitioners at least once a year.
What we don’t do	We don’t run identity checks, check qualification certificates, DBS status or anything beyond the register entry, take bookings, or recommend, rank or guarantee anyone. Being listed doesn’t guarantee enquiries, clients or income.
How long approval takes	Your account is ready straight away. We don’t promise a specific timing for your public listing.

Who can list

“Family therapist” and “family and systemic psychotherapist” aren’t titles protected by law in the UK, which is why we ask for a register entry. The AFSP says it generally takes four years to become a fully qualified family and systemic psychotherapist, and only then are people eligible for UKCP registration and to use the title “family and systemic psychotherapist”. On the join form, choose “UK Council for Psychotherapy” or “Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy” as your register.

On Find, family and systemic psychotherapists appear under the Counsellor / Psychotherapist profession. You can add “Family and systemic psychotherapy” as an approach and “Family and systemic” as your title or specialism, and say whether you work with families, couples or individuals.

If you have systemic training and are on another register on our join list for a different profession, you can join under that register. We only list people we can check on a public register.

Counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists are just as welcome, and every profession is listed on the same terms. See our page for practitioners.

Which register we check

The UK Council for Psychotherapy register and find a therapist search, or the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy’s find a therapist directory. We search by your name and the registration or membership number you give us and check they match a current entry. Our family therapy guide shows clients how to check.

What you get, free

A public profile on Find a therapist, if you choose to appear, under the Counsellor / Psychotherapist profession on Find. It shows your register and number so people can check you themselves.
Private introduction requests. People write to you through us and your email address is never shown.
A members’ directory and peer space, messaging, and referrals between colleagues across professions.
Links and resources, including a private practice start-here list.
A free membership badge linking to your profile.

There are no paid tiers, featured spots, reviews or ratings, and we don’t take commission. Being listed doesn’t guarantee enquiries, clients or income. Therapist Circle is new and still growing, so there may be few listings from your profession yet.

How to list your practice

Fill in the short join form with your name, profession, register and registration number. It takes about two minutes and you get member access straight away. The join form asks you to confirm that you have appropriate professional indemnity insurance or arrangements for the work you offer.
We look you up on the public register by hand before your profile appears on Find. We don’t promise a specific timing.
When your name and number match, your profile can go live. You can hide it or delete your account at any time. We re-check listed practitioners at least once a year, and we don’t run identity checks.

Other places to be found

You can be listed in more than one place, and being on Therapist Circle doesn’t affect any professional-body membership. These are the organisations we know of for this profession. We are independent of all of them, and details can change, so please check their own pages for who can be listed and any cost.

AFSP: Find a therapist: The AFSP’s directory of its members who are family and systemic therapists, including those in private practice. Check their site for who can be listed.
UKCP: Find a therapist: The AFSP points people to UKCP’s finder too, searching for terms such as family and systemic psychotherapist, family therapist or systemic psychotherapist.

Things to know

The AFSP suggests clients check that a family therapist has a master’s qualification from an AFSP-accredited course and is on the UKCP register, and ask about DBS (or PVG in Scotland) checks if children or vulnerable adults are involved. We check the register entry only; we don’t check certificates or DBS status.
Family therapy can be for a whole family, a couple or one person. Your profile can describe who you work with in your own words.
We check that your name and registration number match a current entry on the public register. A check is only correct on the day it was made, and it isn’t an identity check or a guarantee.

Common Questions

Is there a free directory for family therapists in the UK?

Yes. Therapist Circle is a free UK directory where family and systemic psychotherapists on the UKCP register, or listed with the AFSP, can list their practice, with no subscription, commission or card details. The AFSP and UKCP also run their own finders.

Where can a family and systemic psychotherapist list a private practice in the UK?

You can list in more than one place. The AFSP has a find a therapist directory for its members, UKCP has its own find a therapist search, and Therapist Circle is a free directory open to family and systemic psychotherapists on a register we can check.

Which register does Therapist Circle check for family therapists?

The UK Council for Psychotherapy register, or the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy’s directory, whichever you join with. Family therapist isn’t a protected title, so we look up your name and number by hand before your profile appears on Find.

Which profession do family therapists appear under on Find?

Counsellor / Psychotherapist. You can add family and systemic psychotherapy as your approach and as your title or specialism, so people searching for family therapy can see it.

Do you charge commission?

No. We don’t take bookings and we don’t charge commission. People send a private introduction request and you reply by email.

Last reviewed 28 October 2026. General information only. Details of other organisations were read on their own websites on 28 October 2026. We are independent: not affiliated with or endorsed by the NHS, the HCPC or any professional body. We’re a directory, not a therapy provider and not a crisis service. If you or someone you know needs urgent help, please use the crisis box at the bottom of the page.

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