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Applying for Accreditation with IGAS

As a clinically accredited member, you gain the following additional benefits:

Inclusion on the IGAS register of group analytic psychotherapists.
Formal recognition of your qualifications and experience as a group analytic psychotherapist.
Professional recognition under the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP), including the right to use ICP after your name.

Accreditation with IGAS is for a period of five years, after which it comes up for renewal.

The due date for your renew applications is 1^st September

To make a first time or renewal application, please login to your account to complete the form below.

As part of the application you will be required to upload the following documents:

For first time applications you will need:

The School of Psychotherapy Statement of Course Completion.
A copy of your insurance certificate.

For renewal applications you will need:

Your supervisors’ signed declaration. (see below)
A copy of your insurance certificate.
Details of all your CPD training over the past five years.

Guidelines for Renewal Applications

The following guidelines apply only to renewing your accreditation.

If this is your first application for accreditation you can go directly to the application below.

Practice as a Group Psychotherapist/Analyst

The Irish Council of Psychotherapy’s (ICP) Continuous Professional Development requirements are a minimum of 250 CPD points over a period of the previous 5 years in 9 categories detailed below.

IGAS recognises that there may be members who are no longer conducting groups but who are working from a group analytic perspective. Members who are not conducting groups at present will need to give a summary of their practice.

Supervision of Practice

To be eligible for reaccreditation, applicants must show that their practice is adequately supervised and that the practitioner avails of regular ongoing supervision.

A friend, or person you socialise with is not appropriate.

Supervision may consist of Individual (one to one) Supervision, Group Supervision or Peer Supervision.

Please note that Peer Supervision is not to be confused with the peer group that you may have availed of throughout your training or after.

You can use peer supervision as your sole supervision if this is your second or subsequent reaccreditation application.

The peer supervision group must have at least two Group Analysts currently accredited with a recognised Group Analytic accreditation body e.g. IGAS, IGA etc.

InterVision can augment the supervision requirement for the purposes of reaccreditation but are not sufficient as the sole form of supervision.

Remote supervision hours will be recognised for reaccreditation purposes.

Following the first reaccreditation and thereafter, the group analytic psychotherapist is required to undertake one hour of supervision to every fifty hours of client work with a minimum frequency of monthly supervision, 11 months of the calendar year.

Insurance

All applicants for membership reaccreditation must show that they have adequate insurance for their work as a psychotherapist/group analytic psychotherapist. Since March 2020, the insurance should cover working online, and working remotely with clients.

Garda Vetting

ICP Garda Vetting and completing of the Children First Programme is recommended as part of best practice. It is not a requirement for reaccreditation.

Reaccreditation Administration Fee

The administration fee of €65 will me available to pay online after you have submitted your completed form.

Please note that a late application after September 1st 2026 will incur an extra charge of €35 and may have to wait until the next reaccreditation committee meeting.

Failure to return the reaccreditation forms will mean that your membership as an accredited member will be deemed lapsed. Please contact the Graduate Accreditation Committee if particular circumstances need to be considered.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

All applicants for reaccreditation must have continued their professional development as Group Analytic Psychotherapists.

For Clinical Accreditation:

An average of 50 CPD points per year is required with a total of 250 CPD points over each 5-year period.
Acceptable forms of CPD may come from any of the categories listed below.
A maximum of 15 points can be awarded per year in all categories except for category 8.
The CPD Points to be counted must be drawn from at least four of these categories, though they may be drawn from a larger number of categories.
15 CPD points per year must be taken from category 3.

For Practitioner Supervisors:

An average of 25 CPD points per year is required with a total of 125 CPD points over each 5-year period.
Acceptable forms of CPD may come from any of the categories listed below except category 6.
A maximum of 10 points can be awarded per year in all categories except for category 8.
The CPD Points to be counted must be drawn from at least three of these categories, though they may be drawn from a larger number of categories.

Copies of CPD certificates do not need uploading to the form but must be available if requested.

The CPD Categories are as follows:

Note: One hour of engagement/attendance is equivalent to 1 CPD point.

Engagement as a client in personal therapy or group therapy or as a participant in other relevant experientially based group learning activities.
Attendance at additional or advanced psychotherapy and related training programmes.
Attendance at psychotherapy conferences, symposiums, lectures, workshops, seminars, reading groups or other shared learning environments that address individual and group psychotherapy and organisational theory and practice.
Presenting at conferences, symposiums, lectures, workshops etc.
Receiving supervision in accordance with requirements.
Engagement in activities for or on behalf of the society e.g., committee work etc.
Working as a supervisor or as a trainer in the field of psychotherapy or related fields that call for psychotherapeutic skills.
Engagement in self-care and/or self-reflective activities and/or practices e.g., meditation, yoga, journaling.
Writing and publishing articles or books relating to psychotherapy.

Example:

One hour of engagement/attendance is equivalent to 1 CPD point. e.g., You attended the IGAS AGM and Connectedness Meeting: AGM = 1.5 CPD points Connectedness Meeting = 2 points. Attendance at both earns 3.5 CPD points.

You need to login to your IGAS account to access the Application form.

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