Table 2.

Characteristics of professionals

	BPS N = 351	BACP N = 357	UKCP N = 331	RCP N = 289	Total N = 1387
Women25 (%)	212 (62%)	296 (84)	251 (76)	93 (32)	852 (65)
Age68 (sd)	50 (10)	54 (8)	53 (8)	44 (9)	51 (10)
Mean years in practice4 (sd)	17 (10)	11 (6)	14 (7)	17 (10)	15 (9)

BPS: British Psychological Society; BACP: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; UKCP: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy; RCP Royal College of Psychiatrists

Number in superscript = number missing; sd = standard deviation