Editorial by Peter Hubbard

Abstract

Since our inception we have had the concept of ourselves as an umbrella organisation of psychotherapists. In embracing different modalities, we look for our similarities. listen for our differences, and attempt to define the common core competencies of our profession.
 The original practitioners came together for professional warmth- and we still do. We have been pioneering something special by resisting the tendency to factionalise and split that has characterised the profession elsewhere, and by maintaining this uniquely inclusive consciousness.