To apply for StopSO membership, please complete this form and send over all proofs, including: Insurance (min £2 Million), Qualifications, Training, Professional membership, Photo etc.

You will also need to send a reference from your Supervisor and a Referee. These forms will be sent to you upon completion of the membership form.

Once we have received all your documentation, applications can take up to 3 months to process, so please be patient.

PLEASE READ: In order to become a member of STOPSO you are required to comply with the following criteria:

1. Agree to abide by the Good Therapy – STOPSO Code of Ethics and Practice.
2. Have completed a minimum of 30 hours continuous professional development (CPD) in the last year (see Practice Guidelines - Continuing Professional Development). A minimum of 8 hours CPD must be relevant to sexual offending/sexual abuse therapy.
3. Be a practitioner working in the field of therapy with at least 100 hours of face-to-face work in the last year. While it is understood that supervision may form part of a Member’s clinical practice, it is recommended that there is a balance between supervision and clinical practice so that it does not constitute your sole mode of practice. Practitioners who have been accredited for over 5 years are exempt from this criterion as long as they are continuing to work in the field
4. Have had no unauthorised breaks in practice of longer than twelve months.
5. Have adequate specialist supervision (preferably with a STOPSO recognised Supervisor) for the caseload you carry, i.e. not less than one hour per month (see Practice Guidelines – Supervision and the Supervision Contract). To confirm this, your supervisor’s signature is required.
6. Be adequately insured (£2,000,000 minimum).
7. Sign the member declaration (page three).
8. In completing this application form, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions. A membership fee of £50 will be payable upon receiving your first referral. Please be aware that STOP SO expects all registered therapists to work ethically within their professional membership guidelines. Any issues of concern that come to the attention of STOP SO will be dealt with expediently. STOP SO reserves the right to cancel the membership of any therapist whose conduct brings the organisation into disrepute.
9. You agree to StopSO holding your information on a database and in computer files and to them sharing your name and contact information with clients.

NOTE: STOPSO reserves the right to change any of the criteria required for membership or annual renewal of accreditation and to audit the applications by requiring documentary evidence to be produced on request.

• I confirm that I am a current member of STOPSO.
• I confirm my commitment to maintain ongoing supervision, personal and professional development for the duration of my membership.
• I confirm that all the above statements are true and that I agree to abide by the governing documents of STOPSO.
• STOPSO are signatories to The Second

Memorandum of Understanding against Conversion Therapy.

By signing the declaration you are confirming the following:

I will not advocate or use conversion therapy, which assumes that any one sexual orientation or gender identity is superior to or preferable to any other. I will not seek to work in such a way as to impose or attempt to impose change in a client’s self-determination of sexual orientation or gender identity.