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THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER - - TOOK Place in Spetember 2018 -- Thank You
The conference website is now open for registration:www.counselingevents.it
The global community of counselling will come together in beautiful Rome, Italy, from the 22nd - 23rd September 2018. The 2018 conference programme will contain an exceptional line up of Keynote speakers, Presenters, Discussion Groups, Posters and Social Activity.
Please see information on the 2018 IAC International Counselling Conference below:
Conference Theme: "Counselling Issues and Processes Across Ages and Cultures"
Conference Location: Pomezia, Rome, Italy
Conference Dates: 22-23rd September 2018 (Associations’ Round-Table takes place on 21st Sept)
Conference Venue: SHG HOTEL ANTONELLA, Via Pontina km 28, 00071 Pomezia (RM). Hotel Website: http://www.shghotelantonella.com
Call for Papers and Paper Submission Process: Please see Full Details HERE Please Note: The IAC scientific committee will be accepting proposals until March 31st, 2018. The scientific committee will endeavor to decide and inform those who have submitted papers, whether their paper has been accepted, within five weeks of the date of submission. The latest date that scientific committee decisions will reach participants by is April 15, 2018 and the decision of the scientific committee is final. All conference presenters MUST register for at least the day of their presentation.
Conference Registration: All registration will be conducted through a separate conference website. The conference website will be open for bookings by the end of December 2017. There will be Early Bird rates on offer. The conference fees will be heavily discounted for IAC Members.
Booking Accommodation: All participants are responsible for all aspects of their own travel arrangements and accommodation. The conference Hotel, SHG HOTEL ANTONELLA, is offering a discount for conference attendees.
- Double room/single use: €65,00 (breakfast included)
- Double room: €75,00 (breakfast included)
- City tax: €2 per day
Please email: info@shghotelantonella.com highlighting that you will be attending the IAC conference 2018, 22-23 September. Please proceed with your booking as soon as possible. Details of other Hotels in Pomezia will be communicated soon.
Conference Theme: "Counselling Issues and Processes Across Ages and Cultures" - Counselling services are often important when people are experiencing life and environmental changes. These services are of heightened importance in the current context of rapidly changing social and economic conditions in many countries, including forced migration, that have had a large impact on people’s lives. The counselling profession is in various stages of development in different cultural settings and in most countries it is growing and evolving. Given changes in contextual conditions and the evolving nature of the counselling profession around the world, it is vital that there is ongoing communication among counselling researchers and professionals to better serve the needs of the clients and communities that we serve. The following sub-themes will guide the presentations and discussions at the conference. For all of the sub-themes, heightened importance will be given to ways in which they focus on marginalized and vulnerable groups, including Indigenous peoples and issues related to human rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Conference Sub-Themes:
- Multidisciplinary lenses in the counselling profession
- Evolution of inter-professional collaboration
- Counselling practice: issues and challenges in different cultural contexts
- Counselling research and services across the life span
- Counselling research and services for disadvantaged populations
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment: counselling research and services
Further Information
CONFERENCE OPENING TIMES: 8 am to 6 pm
PARTICIPATION IS RELEVANT TO: Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, General Practitioners, Social Workers, Coaches, Trainers, Educators, Students, Researchers, Mental Health and Educational Professionals
VISAS: Please note that participants are wholly responsible for securing their own visas where required. To facilitate the process, IAC will issue letters of invitation--where requested--once detailed information has been supplied to IAC by the applicant. For Italian visa information, please follow the link: http://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en We recommend that you secure your travel visa before registering for the conference as cancellations after the cut-off will result in cancellation fees.
CERTIFICATES: Certificates of attendance will be sent by email to participants in the days following the end of the conference.
BADGES: All participants and exhibitors are kindly requested to wear their conference badges, in order to be admitted to the lecture halls and other scheduled activities.
LANGUAGES: The Conference will be conducted in English. During the plenary sessions, translation in Italian/English or English/Italian will be available. Some panels will have consecutive translation, others will be conducted in Italian.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: All details of the social events and Gala Dinner (reservation and payment required) will come soon.
WEATHER: In September, the temperature in Rome is generally mild and temperate. In general, the days are quite warm and reach 24-26 C. The nights are mild (15-16 C). Therefore, to enjoy the night in Rome, warmer clothing is recommended.
GETTING TO POMEZIA (Rome):
By Train:
- From Roma Termini railway station (15 minutes)
- From S.Palomba railway station (8 km). Hotel will provide free Shuttles upon request.
By Plane:
- From Fiumicino Airport (35 km)
- From Ciampino Airport (30 km)
By Car: From the Great Ring Junction, exit 26 direction Latina, take Pontina, exit via Naro.
As a global community of counsellors, counsellor educators, students and researchers, we will all play our part in developing the profession through this event. Every continent and world region will be represented. IAC conferences are very enjoyable occasions as we are sure to include plenty of opportunities for relaxation, networking and fun. Save the dates - Come and Join Us - We Look Forward to Seeing You in Beautiful Rome!
Conference Website: www.counselingevents.it
04/01/2018 -
Pictured (R to L) are: Dr Mark van Ommeren - Public Policy advisor at the WHO. Dr Van Ommeren will be speaking at the IAC conference in Italy, in 2018. Beside him is Dr Shekhar Saxena - Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the WHO. Next is Ann Lindsey – Chair, Mental Health F4H, Geneva. IAC is very grateful to Ann for representing IAC at the WHO for 10 years, until 2010. On the far left is Naoise Kelly, CEO of IAC. More photos can be viewed on the IAC Facebook page.
IAC was pleased to attend the 2017 WHO mhGAP Forum. The two days of activity provided an excellent opportunity for a diverse group of mental health stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues, all related to the implementation of WHO’s Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. The Forum’s theme and focus – Mental Health in the workplace – was discussed and the WHO launched an mhGAP app (available on ios only for now) on World Mental Health Day (10th October). The Forum included time available for informal networking.
At the above link you will find several WHO resources that aim to help reduce the mental health treatment gap and to enhance response to the large burden of mental, neurological and substance use disorders worldwide.
IAC wishes to gratefully acknowledge the WHO for their invitation to participate at this outstanding event. We greatly look forward to enhancing our partnership and collaboration with WHO and its many initiatives.
13/10/2017 -
At the 2017 IAC/AAC conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Esnaty Obetile, (President of the Botswana Counselling Association), delivered a wonderful keynote presentation entitled: The State of Counseling in Botswana and Africa. Please view and read the presentation HERE
05/09/2017 -
IAC Webinar Series Presents: “Underreported Dissociation, Implications for Assessment and Treatment”.
Presenter: Valentina Chichiniova
This webinar is FREE for IAC Members. Details Here
When: 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) 11th September, 2017
Cost: Free for IAC Members (see IAC Membership)
$35 (Canadian Dollars) for non-IAC members
To Register: Click Here
IAC wish to gratefully acknowledge the Canadian Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for managing registrations on IAC’s behalf.
23/08/2017 -
Welcome to our New Board Member!
We welcome Anna Maria Mora, from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, to the IAC Executive Council. Anna Maria will be the IAC Regional Representative for the Caribbean Region and we wish her every success in this voluntary post. Please find Anna Maria's short Biography below:
Anna Maria Mora Counselling Psychologist, Immediate Past President, Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologists (TTAP). A trained teacher, she worked at primary and secondary levels. She became one of a group of locallytrained Guidance Officers to form a Guidance Unit for Secondary Schools and published a booklet of poetry written by teenagers titled “Youth in Search of Self.” This booklet is lodged at the Library of Congress. After fourteen (14) years in the Government Service, she was accepted and completed a Master of Arts and Master of Education in Counselling Psychology at Columbia University in New York City, with emphasis on counselling adults and adolescents from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. She returned home and found youth services sadly lacking in communities. Mariama Children’s Museum & Teen Turf: the Counselling and Activity Center for Children and Adolescents came into being. It is a non-judgmental, caring, safe, community-based space for young people to gather, learn and dream. It is mostly self-funded and in its twenty-seventh year. Anna Maria received a fellowship from the Dutch Government to study “Development, Law and Social Justice: A Human Rights Perspective” at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. A published author, with two books “Parents are you listening?” and “Children are you listening?-“The Importance of Balance in Life and Being a Success.” This latter is a Workbook for Children and Teens. A Carnival Band was produced in 2016 using traditional hand-held stilts to teach youth the importance of balance. She produced a video, which is used as a youth-training video, under the title: “Our Culture Must Teach Positive Values.” Anna Maria is also a regular columnist in local newspapers and magazines, discussing issues which affect family life, children’s rights, youth, their personal-social development and potential for success, as they journey to adulthood. She presented at IAC’s Conference 2004, Jamaica, on the “State of Guidance and Counselling in Trinidad and Tobago,” and received the Hans Z. Hoxter Fellowship to attend IAC’s conference 2012, Manila, and The Philippines where she presented the paper: “Counselling to Advocate for the Human Rights of Children and Young People.” Anna Maria believes that mental ill-health which is plaguing our world today, can be addressed and resolved through the process of counselling. In the Caribbean, counselling is still not accepted as the avenue through which citizens can make wise choices and change the course of their lives, and their countries’ development. I think that education is the key to creating awareness of the power of counselling to effect change personally and regionally. Mass media must become our ally.
14/08/2017 -
Comparison Study: Counselling and CBT. The BACP (UK) and the University of Sheffield have pubished a large scale (33,000 clients) study comparing the effectiveness of counselling and CBT. See HERE
30/06/2017 -
Counselling in New Zealand: At the 2017 IAC/AAC conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sue Webb, (Counselling Consultant and IAC Council Member), delivered a wonderful keynote presentation about her personal experience of being a Counsellor in New Zealand. The presentation, entitled: “Being a Pakeha Counsellor: Post-colonialism, social justice and sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand”, can be read HERE
19/06/2017 -
IAC/AAC 2017 Conference Report
Including detailed reports and recommendations to UNESCO, from each of the seven conference working groups. Click HERE
07/06/2017 -
At the 2017 IAC/AAC conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dominic Nsona, (President of the Malawi Association of Counsellors), delivered an excellent keynote presentation entitled: Counselling in the African Context - Experiences from Malawi. Please view and read the presentation HERE.
25/05/2017 -
Please read the Full Conference Programme Here
Additional Important Information: Dear IAC Conference Attendees, We greatly look forward to welcoming Attendees and Presenters to the upcoming IAC/AAC conference: 20th – 23rd April. Please find some important information below. Particular attention is drawn to the information about registration and payment. If you have already registered and paid please ignore this section.
Booking and Payment: All conference Attendees and Presenters must book and pay for a conference ticket. This is done through the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) website HERE
Booking discounts apply for IAC members. Please note that prices displayed on the booking pages are in Canadian Dollars ($CAD). Please print and bring your Booking receipt with you.
Payment on-site. If you intend to pay onsite you must still book online to gain entry. There are no credit card facilities at the venue and therefore on-site payment must be made, to the IAC Treasurer, in $USD cash. For international attendees, advance notice of your intention to pay this way would be appreciated.
Venue: The conference venue is: CENTRO ARMENIO DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Armenia 1353, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The location can be seen here on Google Maps. NB: Part of this facility is a school and their security policy, strictly, only allows those who have booked online to be admitted.
Public Transport: Buses (called Colectivos), Numbers: 15 – 55 – 57 – 106 – 110 – 140 – 141 – 168 serve the venue. See here: Palermo Soho, donde es, como llegar, que hay en Palermo Soho.
Registration Desks: These are open from 9am each day.
Conference Programme: A printed copy will be included in each conference bag. Please view the IAC Working Groups and consider which group you will join for Friday and Saturday afternoon.
Conference Certificate: A Certificate of Attendance will be included in each attendee’s conference bag.
Spanish/English Interpretation: This conference has two working languages: Spanish and English. For all Plenary sessions (everyone together in the main ‘Sala Siranush’ hall) there will be simultaneous interpretation delivered by professional interpreters through individual headsets. Headsets can be collected at Sala Siranush.
In the Working groups, voluntary Interpreters will assist with language. This will mostly involve consecutive interpretation - which takes longer than simultaneous interpretation. Presenters are requested to bear this in mind in relation to the duration of their talk. Each working group Chairperson will guide proceedings. IAC has used this system in the past and it has worked well. We are most grateful to our voluntary interpreters.
Laptops and Audio Visuals: Presenters in the main hall (the 'Sala Siranuch') such as Keynote speakers, Plenary Round Table Presenters, and Plenary Chairpersons, need to bring any presentation materials they have on a USB drive, or key. Your USB key will be placed into the supplied laptop in the Sala Siranuch.
Presenters in all other rooms (classrooms) such as the working group presenters, are asked to bring their own laptops. Projectors and all connection cables will be supplied. An audio-visual technician will be on hand, throughout the conference, to assist. Please ask for this person at the reception area if you have any questions.
Electricity: Electricity in Argentina is 220 Volts. The plug/socket shapes used can be seen here: adaptador enchufe argentino
WI-FI: Free and Open Wi-Fi will be available at the conference venue.
We look forward to seeing you and to a great conference!
The IAC/AAC Team
10/04/2017
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