The World Health Organisation (WHO) Problem Management Plus (PM+) manual guides individual psychological help for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity.

2016 - IAC Strategic and Structural Developments

 In 2016, IAC has taken the following five major strategic and structural developments:

 1.      IAC has enhanced its organisational structure to ensure global and inclusive representation from each of eight designated world regions: Asia, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Oceania, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

2.      IAC has elected eight Regional Members, one from each of the aforementioned world regions, to the IAC Executive Council. The regional members will represent IAC in their particular region and advance the central aim of IAC, namely, to advance the field of counselling through Practice, Education, Advocacy, Policy and Research initiatives.

3.      The IAC Executive Council a new strategy (IAC Strategy 2016-2021) which commits IAC to advancing the field of counselling worldwide in order to promote health, well-being, respect, social justice and peace. Through this strategy, IAC will promote the application of counselling knowledge and skills to enable the resolution of personal, societal and global challenges. The strategy sets out the Association’s specific aims and actions that will enable the strengthening of our International, National and Organisational partnerships and the utilisation of IAC’s global connections and technology in order to continue serving as a uniting global voice for counselling.

 4.     The IAC Executive Council has appointed Mr. Naoise Kelly as Chief Executive Officer (acting) to enhance the overall leadership, operations and administration of IAC. The CEO Is tasked with the planning, communicating and execution of the organisational strategy and operations in a manner consistent with its mission, vision, ethos and values.

 5.     The IAC Executive Council has approved the wider engagement of counsellors, counsellor educators, policy makers, national counselling associations and kindred professions in the areas of mental health and education through offering a new range of membership and partnership possibilities.

Thank You.

1) Website Changes:

Thank you for visiting the IAC website. IAC is an international non-governmental association with charitable status. IAC advances the development of counselling, in order to improve people’s lives and well-being. We connect counsellors worldwide so that they can share information and participate in international Practice, Education, Advocacy, Policy and Research counselling projects. IAC was established in 1966 and has consultative status with United Nations organisations including UNESCO, the World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation.

Over the coming weeks we will be enhancing parts of our infrastructure - including this website.

2) Membership:

Would you like to: 

• Connect and share experiences with other Counsellors around the world?
• Support the development of counselling worldwide?
• Receive an IAC Newsletter, a personalised IAC Logo for use on your materials, the IAC Journal, attend Webinars and attain many other Professional and Educational Benefits?
• Participate in IAC Round-Table discussion groups?

If so, please read more in our ‘Membership’ section. New memberships actegories available here: http://iac-irtac.org/?q=node/11

Becoming a Member of IAC assists the Development of Counselling Internationally

The vision of IAC is “A world where counselling is available to all”. Counselling can and should be offered more widely; it can improve people’s lives and can make a significant contribution to alleviating world difficulties. Here are some other reasons to join:

• You are joining a Movement – counselling changes lives for the better and reduces suffering. Our humanitarian movement advocates for more access to counselling.
• IAC has consultative status with International organisations (e.g. UN, WHO, ILO) and represents the voice of counselling at the international decision making level.
• IAC seeks to work with International NGOs that send people to the world’s problem areas (e.g. to help in the aftermath of terror and refugee catastrophes), in order to increase the role and contribution of counselling.
• IAC lobbies and influences governments and other International organisations to have counselling better recognised as a profession.
• In some countries there is no counselling at all. IAC can help to establish counselling structures, (e.g. National Associations or education courses) in those countries.
• IAC is working to advance the counselling movement worldwide and can do with your help.

Thank You

The IAC/AAC Conference Call for Papers is Open. Details on how to submit papers can be found HERE on the conference website:

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to receiving your proposal.

News and Upcoming events!

  •American School Counsellor Association

Back-to-School Tips! Connecting with Your Child’s School Counselor for a Successful School Year. Details here!  

 •American Counseling Association

- WEBINAR - Essentials for Counselors to Implement the DSM-5 and ICD-10 - September 9, 2015; 1-2pm ET 

Learn to use the DSM-5 and implement the ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015. Presenters will explore ways in which the DSM-5 and ICD-10-CM are similar and different; key diagnostic changes that will impact your daily practice; and the implications of multiaxial and dimensional diagnoses. Participants will also learn strategies to prepare a practice for ICD-10 implementation, maintain revenue, and reduce potential claim rejections. For more info click here.  

- Call for Nominations for Committee Appointments - Now Accepting Nominations for ACA Committees

ACA President-Elect Catherine Roland is seeking nominations for American Counseling Association committee appointments. She will be appointing professional members to each committee who will serve three-year terms, as well as a student representative to each committee who will serve a one-year term. Positions on the following committees will be available beginning July 1, 2016: Awards, Branch Development, Bylaws and Policies, Ethics, Graduate Student, Human Rights, International, Professional Standards, Public Policy and Legislation, Publications, and Research and Knowledge.

ACA members may nominate themselves or be nominated by other ACA members. Nominations are due December 1, 2015. See more here. 

 •Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK (AFT)

- AFT 2015 Annual UK Conference:  10-12 September 2015, University of Kent Canterbury

We warmly invite you to join us as we go the heart of systems thinking; the understanding that all systems are inter-connected, have both a secular and spiritual quality and often require an activist approach to inequality within and between them. We offer an opportunity to explore meanings for the families we work with as well as the relevance in our own lives. To download the conference flyer - please click here

- Events & Training Calendar - View the latest events and training from the AFT, branches and other organizations involved in family therapy and systemic practice here.

 •Australian Association of Career Counsellors (AACC)

Australian Counselling Association offers conferences and workshops to their members, please click here for more info. 

 •Australian Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools Association (APACS)

2015 APACS National Conference: 27 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2015 • EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

The theme of the conference is Facing the Challenges. Our challenges are many when working with schools, preschools, students and their families, yet we know that we can and do make a difference for our varied clients. For more info click here.  

 •British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Have you Registered? MBACP Members have a deadline of 31st March 2016 to become registered before this category ceases to exist. Individual Members have 24 months from the point of entry into this category to become registered.Visit our pages now for information on becoming registered before the deadline or to renew your current registration. http://www.bacp.co.uk/

Training days, conferences and exhibitions covering a broad spectrum of topics for the interest of those people in the counselling and psychotherapy field. See full schedule here. 

 •Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)

- CCPA 2016 CONFERENCE - CCPA’s 2016 Annual Conference will be held in partnership with the American Counseling Association in Montreal, QC from March 30 – April 3, 2016. Conference registration is now open! 

- Check out the CCPA upcoming webinars!  

 •Council for Accreditation of Counselling and Related Educational Programs

Professional Development Events: CAPA organises regular two-hour Professional Development Events (PDEs) in Crows Nest NSW 2059.Certificates of attendance are available on the day (4 CPD points per PDE). PDEs are promoted on this page http://www.capansw.org.au/professional-development and in our regular eNewsletter, which is distributed to CAPA NSW Members and subscribers. These Professional Development events are free to members and provide between 16 to 20 points of Professional Development annually depending on whether there are 4 or 5 events held. 

 •National Board of Certified Counsellors and Affiliates

Important Announcement - Upcoming change to NBCC Educational Requirements. Beginning January 1, 2022, NBCC will require a master’s degree or higher from a CACREP-accredited counseling program. See more details here.

• Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Psicoterapeutas (FEAP)

VII Simposio - Nuevas Miradas sobre el que hacer psicoterapeutico. Aula Magna de la Facultad de Medicina de Zaragoza, 2-3 de octubre de 2015 

INFORMACIÓN E INSCRIPCIONES: SIMPOSIOZARAGOZA2015@gmail.com

DÉSCARGUESE EL PROGRAMA EN PDF http://www.psicoterapiaspsicoanaliticasfeap.info/PDF/Triptico2015.pdf

 • Irish Association for Counselling and Psychology (IACP)

IACP’s first Annual Conference will take place at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on Friday 16th October and Saturday 17th October 2015.

The event will run over 2 days and creates an excellent opportunity for Education, Inspiration, Networking and Fun. This event is comprehensively subsidised for members. For more ino click here. 

• New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)

Please see calendar of events here: http://www.nzac.org.nz/event_calendar.cfm