FETC Student Membership
FETC student membership is open to students of our diploma level accredited course.
The FETC is a registered organisation of the National Counselling Society (NCS) and allows our student members to access the benefits provided by the FETC as a group and NCS.
Benefits
- Proactive and dynamic team supporting members – see members feedback here
- FETC has been working with NCS and allowed all members to work under lockdowns and in all tiers.
- Have your clinic published and advertised on our counsellor locator map.
- The FETC Student Members Logo can be used on your websites, emails and social media, and you can use the letters SFETC after your name.
- The NCS Logo can also be used on your websites and social media.
- Professional status and recognition.
- PSA Authority recognition – FETC under NCS is currently PSA recognised, which enables you to use PSA logos for client confidence.
- General Medical Council guidance: doctors can refer patients to practitioners on PSA Accredited Registers.
- Practitioner advertising – provide your clinic contact details to be added to our NEW Counsellor Locator map.
- Insurance discounts: once you have joined, you qualify for our discounted FETC Affinity Insurance Scheme.
- Student representative support
- Student Mentor Support
- Student Token (NUS) discount card
- Make a difference – you can put your ideas directly to both the FETC trustees and training team.
- Access useful tools in the document download area.
- Discounts via our partner providers on equipment and services.
- Discounted seminars, meetings and workshops.
Fees
The fee for student membership to the FETC is £25 including access to the student members area and our specially designed and discounted student insurance scheme should you wish to be insured through our insurers.
Once your membership has been approved, the student insurance options will be available to you in the website’s Members Area. This is paid for separately.
How to join the FETC
Practitioners who meet the requirements wishing to become an FETC student member can join directly online.
By becoming a student member, you agree to abide by our codes and policies. These have been designed explicitly around current standards and have been drawn up in line with NCS and PSA guidelines.
To sign up online, you will need to provide:
- Confirmation that you have read understood and agreed to the codes and policies detailed below
- An electronic copy of your FETC Diploma acceptance letter. Please make sure this is clear and legible.
To apply: click the link below to add Membership to the cart. You will add your information during the checkout process. Please note we do not keep any credit card details and these are deleted after processing.


