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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
the Counselling Profession

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 at the World Health Organization

09th October 2024

IAC CEO Naoise Kelly with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus As the global representative body for the counselling profession and an international non-governmental organization with United Nations consultative status, IAC was invited to ...

International Counselling Leaders Gather for Associations Roundtable

31st July 2024

More than 40 counselling leaders and representatives from every world region gathered for the IAC Associations’ Roundtable on June 29, 2024, during the annual conference in Naples, Italy.IAC President Bill Borgen opened the meeting by reaffirming IAC's ...

Explore Naples

01st April 2024

 [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"25662","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"230","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]IAC's 2024 conference, in association with Assocounseling, Italy's largest counselling association...

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