President’s Message The Acoustics of the Season
It is late. In the stillness of the night, I pad down to the office where shimmer- ing puddles of moonlight pool on the floor. One touch of the keyboard and the screen springs to life. Twelve new messages. My mind shifts time zones. It’s tomorrow af- ternoon in Australia. The UK is starting its workday. Early risers in Happy Valley Goose Bay? Night owls in Vancouver? Someone sleepless in Steinbach?
Somewhere early in my term as President- Elect, CCPA became known as the national voice of counselling and psychotherapy in Canada. Members sought connections across six time zones. By the time I started my Presidency, it became clear that CCPA was on the fast-track to emerge onto the inter- national counselling scene. Communication, particularly e-mail communication, suddenly made CCPA and the global counselling com- munity closer partners. With 25 time zones in the world, my inbox is seldom empty, and the camaraderie of our colleagues spans multiple languages, cultures, and counsel- ling traditions. There is something equally wonderful and surreal about conversing within 15 minutes with Singapore, Brisbane, Vancouver, and Rugby.
“ I sense the acoustics have changed for CCPA. ”
The nocturnal breeze wafts through the window, brushing my face as I start scrolling through the messages. My mind drifts on the autumn air – another season. The night air, like a bite of green apple, teases my senses; pricks me to alertness. Eric Sloane’s descrip- tion of autumn haunts my thoughts: “The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp
as autumn air.”
That’s it precisely. In this nocturnal soli- tude, I sense the acoustics have changed for CCPA. No matter how hushed, because of our national voice and emergence on the inter- national scene, our messages have become crisper, our work and our professional di- rection more focused, and like the autumn leaves, they rustle with each step our profes- sion makes.
In this new season of counselling and psy- chotherapy, our activities on behalf of prac- titioners in Canada have been focused on ensuring the credibility of our members on the national and international stage. It is a goal of CCPA to advance the good works of our members, to increase the worldwide rec- ognition of their knowledge, skills, and pro- fessional attributes. To this end, we have had multiple communiqués with governments, and regularly distribute press releases relat- ed to mental health initiatives that affect our Association, its individual members and the people they serve. We have regular bilateral consultations with like-minded associations, regulatory colleges, and organizations to keep our fingers on the pulse of the nation to detect changes in the professional land- scape, and to alert our members of those changes and their potential impact on their important work.
Our ongoing research into provincial regu- latory processes and requirements and international standards for the profession of counselling and its supervision has led us to increase to 36 the number of continu- ing education credits required tri-annually for our members to maintain their CCC. We have simultaneously increased the number and variety of opportunities for professional learning for our members
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