Abstract
A couple of years ago, the professional organisation for counselling and psychotherapy in Scotland, COSCA, cancelled its annual two-day conference. I was disappointed on two counts, firstly, that too few of my colleagues had signed up for it to run when I had been immediately engaged by the topic and secondly that the topic, belief, is of profound importance and overdue for examination. It was with great interest then that I read Chris Scott's article in Self and Society ‘The Doctrines of Psychology’ (Vol. 33, No. 5) in the spring of last year. I offer the following thoughts as a continuation of the conversation.