NIGAT – Northern Ireland Group for Art as Therapy is a unique forum of individuals who advocate the use of Art as Therapy and Art Therapy to facilitate health and well-being. An important part of NIGAT’s role is to increase awareness of the value of the therapeutic art approach.
The following books are available with a 10% discount from the Psychotherapy and Counselling Arena.
 Human PotentialExploring Techniques Used to Enhance Human Performance By David Vernon |
 The Psychology of Executive CoachingTheory and Application: Second Edition By Bruce Peltier |
For more information and other titles, please see: http://www.psychotherapyarena.com/
Opportunity Youth is dedicated to offering young people the opportunity to reach their fullest potential and have been a provider of services to young people for over 16 years. As part of The Adept Project, the organisation wishes to recruit two counsellors based in Belfast & Lurgan. For further information, email: shauna.mcgroarty@opportunity-youth.org.
The Health Professions Council (HPC) has today published its conclusions from a public consultation on the potential statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors for the Secretary of State for Health.
The consultation ran for a three month period and incorporated recommendations made by the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Professional Liaison Group (PLG) and the HPC Council.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy will be holding a regional event in Belfast on Saturday 13th February 2010. The event will take place at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall and provides an opportunity for local practitioners to meet some of the UKCP Officers, to share experiences of practising in the area, and to contribute to developing UKCP as a professional membership organisation. For more information about regional events, click here.
Manager required (Part-Time) for Glenabbey Church Counselling Agency, initially for 2 year period. Salary: £25,350 pro rata. 15 hours per week. Application forms and further details available from Glenabbey Church, Ballycraigy Rd, Newtownabbey, Bt36 6ZZ or telephone: 90 849 600 or email: info@glenabbey.org.uk. Closing date: noon Friday 29th January 2010.
BACP has published a new review that considers the research available for the use of counselling and psychotherapy in the prevention of suicide, and aims to provide researchers and practitioners with a broader review of the evidence than has been considered by previous publications within this arena.
Follow this link for further information: http://www.bacp.co.uk/shop/index.php
BACP has launched a new section for student counsellors and psychotherapists at, providing a wealth of information and resources for those considering a career in counselling, currently training, or recently qualified. The new website can be found at: www.bacp.co.uk/student
nitherapy.net would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy new year for 2010. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive in setting up this site in 2009.
nitherapy.net is planning to introduce lots of new content to the site in 2010, so watch this space!
