The Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (CCPCP) is a Non-profit Canadian Corporation incorporated in compliance with the Canada Corporations Act on the 31st day of August, 2006.

Most Canadian Provinces and Territories have had no "regulatory body" for counsellors and psychotherapists, mainly because of the vast diversity in educational and skill training backgrounds for counsellors/psychotherapists throughout Canada. Corporations, including some Insurance Health benefit providers and governments have traditionally and in some cases have arbitrarily promoted a particular education type (i.e. Master’s degree, or Psychologist) as the benchmark for qualification in Canada.

In recent years the public has requested that qualifications for counselling and psychotherapy be based on "core competency" requirements rather than a particular "education type". An "inclusive model" of counselling professionals with various educational backgrounds can become qualified counsellors if they are trained and meet "core competency" requirements, as required by a regulatory body such as the CCPCP.

Some Provincial governments have been reluctant to support a Regulatory College for Counsellors/Psychotherapists because of the wide range of diversity in the counselling profession. The cost, time involved, lack of consensus, and possible legal challenges, have also been a hindrance to the creation of an "inclusive model", regulatory body for counsellors in some Provinces.

The creation of the CCPCP recognizes the need to "do no harm" to the public seeking assistance, by regulation of CCPCP members.

Many professional counsellors have requested the need for mobility of their profession from one Province/Territory to another, without having to endure facing different standards, and having difficulty accessing market share in different provinces. Differing HPA regulations in different Provinces has lead to "waiting lists", confusion to the public, and limited access to counselling/psychotherapist Professionals by the public.

The creation of a National College like the CCPCP will benefit Professional Counsellors/Psychotherapists, Counselling/Psychotherapist Associations, and members of the public seeking Counselling assistance, by working toward standardizing the Profession across Canada.