Good Standing™ Starter: free admin kit for counsellors

Get your practice ready for the BACP Ethical Framework 2026, free.

The new framework applies from 3 November 2026. It asks a little more of every counsellor:

• being able to explain your ethical decisions
• confirming your supervisor’s competence in writing
• being open with clients about AI and digital tools
• keeping clear records

Good Standing™ Starter helps you keep your professional record in order, in one place.

What’s included

• Good Standing™ Starter workbook (Excel). Log your supervision sessions, CPD and renewals. A Home page shows what needs your attention, your supervision hours against your monthly target, your CPD hours for the year, and renewals coming up. Locked and protected, so it’s hard to break.
• Ready for the 2026 BACP Ethical Framework (PDF). A one-page checklist of 14 steps to take, with paragraph references.
• AI and digital technology statement (Word). An editable template statement for your clients, covering what the new framework now expects.
• Read me first (PDF). How to get started, and terms of use.
• Licence (PDF). The terms on which you may use Good Standing™ Starter.

Who it’s for

Counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK, whether you’re a student, employed or in private practice.

Built around the BACP Ethical Framework 2026. If you belong to another body, such as NCPS or ACC, check its own requirements.

Works with

• Microsoft Excel (Windows, Mac and Excel Online). Designed for Excel.
• Google Sheets. It looks and calculates the same, but page links and protective locks don’t work.

About me

I’m an accredited counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, and founder of Place to Talk Therapies. Good Standing™ is built from the admin system I use in my own practice.

Also available

STAND, MEND and GUARD: three models for counsellors

• STAND: ethical decision making
• MEND: putting things right when something goes wrong
• GUARD: responding to safeguarding concerns

Each comes with a guide, a worked example and a fillable worksheet, mapped to the 2026 framework.

Full Good Standing™ editions for students and qualified practitioners are coming soon.

Disclaimer

Good Standing™ Starter is an admin tool with templates. It is not legal or professional advice, and it is not produced or endorsed by BACP. Please check everything against your own professional body’s requirements.

Free for your own professional use as one practitioner, under the Good Standing™ licence included in the download. The files may not be shared, uploaded, resold or used in training, teams or organisations.

Questions: admin@place2talk.co.uk



© Kay Parkinson 2026. Good Standing™ is a trade mark of Kay Parkinson.