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Belgische Federatie van Psychologen - Grasmarkt 105/18, 1000 Brussel Fédération Belge des Psychologues - Rue Marché aux Herbes 105/18, 1000 Bruxelles T +32 (0) 2 514 75 09 W www.bfp-fbp.be E [email protected]

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Quo vadis?


BFP – Quo vadis?


BFP - Statutes •  Spirit of collegiality, ethics, interests of our

clients •  Effectively organising the psychologist’s

community •  Promoting science of psychology in all

sectors •  Promoting and defending professional,

social and cultural interests of our members


Statutes

•  Our members •  Those who are able to be recognised as a

psychologist in Belgium •  In fact, university degrees psychologists


Interior Household Regulations

•  Member associations •  “Tous ensemble” •  Obligation that all “psychologists” are also

member of the Federation •  Obligation to keep the BFP informed of

member lists, composition of the board, changes in statutes, etc.


Tous ensemble


The world has changed …

•  Ethics code published by law, tied to our title

•  Clinical psychologist recognised as a health profession

•  In the years to come…


Psychologists brought to “justice”?


Poorly tarifs


In the years to come

•  Psychologists brought to ‘courts’ for unethical behaviour?

•  Practice of clinical psychologists regulated by law – Only CBT – protocols? – Poorly tarifs? – Burn – out?


Are we equiped to face the challenges?

BFP policy plan 2015


Work areas

•  Defense of interests •  Improving services for psychologists •  Reforming “Psychologists Community” •  Recruiting new members •  Quality •  Communication


Defense of interests

•  Defending the new law for clinical psychology

•  Evolution of the Commission of Psychologists

•  Preparing reimbursement of clinical psychologists


Actual situation

•  New law is being defended by VVKP, not BFP

•  Interest in psychotherapy •  High Council for Health •  Preparing reimbursement of clinical

psychologists – Task force within VVKP – Follow up of the KCE


Improving services

•  Better office •  More member benefits •  Faster individual support •  Support of member associations •  …


Improving services - actual

•  Current office understaffed – Replacement of Laurence?

•  About 50 contacts a day – Bottleneck FR – supports – Liaison?

•  Member benefits – A lot for the NL – members – Only APTO benefits for the FR - members


Reforming “Psychologists Community”

•  One sector, one association? •  Board of directors: competency •  BFP as a “trade mark”

– External contacts – Portal website for psychology in Belgium


Reforming - actual

•  Continuous tension: BFP – associations •  Board of directors: all positions filled –

statutes change •  BFP as a trade mark

– Promoting BFP by associations? – Portal website? – External contacts?


Recruiting new members

•  Automated registration system – Development CRM - system

•  Member recruiting campaign


Recruiting - actual •  Automated registration system

– Poorly prepared – Active participation only 3 associations – Lot of delays, tensions (FR assocations) – Symbolic: complex (71 different

memberships!) •  Member recruiting campaign

– Free membership students – Talks in all university’s (FR)


Quality

•  Quality label “Europsy” •  Training infrastructure •  Ethics training •  Day of the Psychologist


Quality - actual

•  Quality label “Europsy” – Decision made to proceed

•  Training infrastructure – Not enough funding

•  Ethics training – Start this fall

•  Day of the Psychologist – First edition


Communications

•  Website to be the portal website for psychology in Belgium – Member recruiting strategy – Reference site

•  Fine tuning internal communication – Newslettres, intranet, E - psychologos


Communications - actual •  New website, but…

– Little input from other sectors – portal site? – No shared vision about the concept of portal

site – Link with existing websites – No webmaster, especially FR

•  Internal communication – Same discussions – 8 newslettres – Lack of articles for the E - psychologos


Conclusions

•  Over the years, growing expectations •  Less funding for the BFP •  Are we willing to invest together to achieve

our goals?


Memberships BFP


Income BFP


Additional funding BFP

•  Only from VVKP •  43000 managing director •  33000 Office •  5000 Defending the law •  5000 Online event registration module


BFP in balance?


Tous ensemble?


Reciprocity

•  Tous ensemble? No •  Some associations don’t (FR)


One for all all for one?


Put your money where your mouth is!


John F. Kennedy


But in the end…


Action •  Does the BFP have to do this much?

•  Do we want to invest more in the BFP?

•  Do we need to insist on reciprocity? Tous ensemble?

•  Are we prepared to set aside our own differences?


All together


Or every psychologist for himself?

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