• The CCPA Doctoral Dissertation Award • The CCPA Master’s Thesis Award • The CCPA Counselling Book Award


Take this opportunity to applaud colleagues who have made a positive and lasting im- pact on the practice of counselling and psy- chotherapy! Remember nominations must be received by CCPA no later than midnight of December 15, 2013. Then come celebrate with us in Victoria!


As Henry Ford stated, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;


working together is success.” In closing I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our 4,900+ members who have helped our association grow and to meet its goal of enhancing the counselling profession in Canada. It is through our members who contribute their time and talents that CCPA continues to be the voice of our profession in Canada. Thank you for your continued support.


Blythe Shepard, PhD, CCC President


CCPA had a Presence at the International Association for Counselling Conference in Istanbul - by Blythe Shepard


The 2013 International Association for Counselling (IAC) Conference and the 12th Turkish National Congress of Psychological Counselling and Guidance took place at the Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey Sep- tember 8-11. IAC has consultative status with the United Nations, ECOSOC, UNICEF, UNESCO, ILO, and the Council of Europe. Its mission is to promote the well-being of peoples worldwide by advancing relevant counselling practice, research and policy. Four past presidents were in attendance: Bill Borgen (Past President of IAC), David Pat- terson (Executive Council of IAC), Ron Lehr (Executive Council of IAC), and Lorna Martin as well as myself.


Lorna Martin and I were invited to partici- pate in a panel discussion, International Counsellors and Counselling in the 21st Century: Reflections and the Role of IAC. Other panelists included Tuncay Ergene (President, Turkish Association of Psycho- logical Counselling and Guidance), Carmen Galea (President, Malta Association for the Counselling Profession), Amanda Hawkins (President, British Association of Counsel- ling and Psychotherapy), Seamus Sheedy (Irish Association for Counselling and Psy- chotherapy), and Cirecie West-Olatunji (President, American Counselling Associa- tion) with Dione Mifsud (President, Interna- tional Association for Counselling) as Chair. We shared our views on the challenges that counsellors and the counselling profession


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face in the 21st century while highlighting cultural considerations and implications for counselling practice and training around the world.


The International Association for Counsel- ling (IAC), in partnership with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), will be holding their next conference in Victoria, BC from May 3 to 7, 2014 with more details ON PAGE 8..


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