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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 -
IAC/AAC Conference 2017: An Outstanding Line-Up of International Counselling Leaders and Presenters.
The International Association for Counselling and La Asociación Argentina de Counselors co-host this conference on:
‘Active Counselling for Social Development’
Join Us for Four Full Days of Keynotes, Workshops, Roundtables, Networking and Fun! - All Welcome***Latest: Full Conference Programme Here - Daily Itinerary and all Absracts
More Details on: The Conference website
Registration:
- International Participants: CCPA are kindly handling all International conference registrations (attendees from outside-Argentina) on IAC's behalf. Please Click here to register.
- Argentinian Participants Only: AAC is handling all conference bookings and payment by Argentinian attendees. Visit http://en.iacargentina2017.aacounselors.org.ar/ to register.
Check out the Sponsorship and Exhibitor Possibilities
Check out the Conference Video
18/02/2017 -
Volunteering at the International Association for Counselling
Would you like to be an IAC E-Volunteer and help us reach our vision of: “A World Where Counselling is Available to All”?
If so, IAC would like to hear from you! - IAC is Seeking Volunteers for a variety of roles to help us deliver our mission and enable us to connect counsellors worldwide.
Type of Volunteering: E-Volunteering (aka Online/Virtual/Digital/Cyber volunteering) is volunteering off-site through the Internet and by using your personal (e.g. home, college) computer/electronic device. E-volunteering is as helpful and impactful to IAC as traditional volunteering.
What Type of Roles? These include researching, translating helping and with IAC social media and administration. No matter where you live in the world, you can support IAC projects. The volunteer role descriptions (below) are currently available to those interested in the development of counselling worldwide and/or gaining some work experience in the field.
Available Roles:
· IAC Mapping Project Volunteer – researching and mapping the counselling landscape in your world region (x 4)
· IAC Social Media Volunteers (x 2)
IAC Translation Volunteer - English/Spanish (x 2)
All volunteers work ‘virtually’ i.e. from their own country and computing base (e.g. home computer/personal device). Work times are completely flexible. Volunteers will receive an induction, supervision, recognition and support from IAC (more details in each role description). Volunteers are asked for a minimum commitment of one year’s service (of between 6-8 hours per month). Volunteers must be aged over 18. Join the Global Counselling Movement - Thank You
How to Apply: Please email CEO@iac-irtac.org with a short (less than one page) letter of interest and attach your CV.
IAC - Connecting Counsellors Worldwide
28/01/2017
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