We welcome this new venture, which will make it easier for people to find competent help, and we understand the eventual aim is to provide a list on the web. The accreditation process for a counsellor is no picnic. Those that achieve it will have spent many years in peer-supervised practice and continuous assessment and training. Many will have undertaken a University degree in one of the humanities and have a post-graduate diploma. Counselling, properly done, is demanding work.
Professional counsellors have to limit their activities accordingly.
You may find that someone you approach is fully booked, or feels unable to help with gender identity issues. Nevetherless, they will be able to recommend someone they know personally. The United Kingdom Register of Counsellors will be a UK system for the registration of Counsellors that requires standards of safe and accountable practice appropriate to the context in which counselling is being delivered. When it is established, the Register will inform and protect those who consult or refer to counsellors and to give counsellors a United Kingdom system for the recognition of their qualifications and experience. Eventually, it means that it may only be necessary to ask if a counsellor is UKRC registered.