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Our Vision: A World Where Counselling is Available to All

IAC Continuing Education

IAC Continuing Education Presents: 'Transcultural Counselling' A unique opportunity to learn online from world-renowned counselling experts. This 20-hour course is self-paced. Increase your cross-cultural responsiveness. in a flexible and supported learning. Receive a Certificate of Completionand fulfil 20 Continuing Education (CEU) Hours / Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Hours. Low-pricing to increase global accessibility.  

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World Mapping of
Counselling

IAC is currently engaged in a major global counselling project entitled the 'World Mapping of the Counselling Profession'. We are compiling data and information about the scale, standards and contexts of counselling activity in each of the world's 196 countries. We have carried out the mapping of the pilot region (Latin-America) in partnership with the American Counseling Association (ACA) -- whose support we gratefully acknowledge. 

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Covid-19

Dear International Counselling Colleagues, We wish to show our solidarity and support to all those working to alleviate suffering as a result of the spread of the coronavirus/covid-19 outbreak worldwide. We hope our colleagues will stay safe. We recommend close monitoring of factual information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and reputable media organisations

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  • IAC - Connecting Counsellors Worldwide

    IAC - Founded in 1966

  • "This is what we were missing all along as we were just scattered all over without a common body to coordinate and regulate our much needed services in our various communities"

    Brilliant B Ncube - Zimbabwe

Latest news

IAC President's Report from the 2025 General Assembly

17th June 2025

June 11, 2025Dear Colleagues and Friends,A warm welcome to this Annual General Meeting of the International Association for Counselling. It’s a pleasure to be with you, and to reflect on the progress we’ve made together over the past year.Let me begin ...

IAC at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO

21st February 2025

IAC President Dr. Bill Borgen (3rd from right) presented at the UNESCO NGO HUB in Paris in December 2024.Event OverviewThe 2024 International Conference of NGOs, held at UNESCO Headquarters from 17-19 December 2024, focused on "Building Capacity for Action...

IAC Europe Nears Official Status

14th December 2024

The IAC Europe regional branch is making significant progress toward its official establishment in early 2025. Key associations and working groups have been meeting regularly, collaborating to achieve this important goal. The governance document, the result...

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