Reminder: Counselling Surveys for Northern Ireland
Posted on Thursday 11 August 2011
BACP is currently seeking information from its Northern Ireland members to help inform its work with the DHSSPS on the Psychological Therapies Strategy Implementation Group on Primary Care Counsellors and Voluntary and Community Sector Providers of Counselling in Northern Ireland. They have been asked by the Northern Ireland Psychological Therapies Group to produce a report for their next meeting in September based on the results of these surveys. If you have already completed one or both of these surveys then you do not need to complete the survey again, your responses will be incorporated into the report.
Sharp rise in suicide rate in Northern Ireland
Posted on Tuesday 19 July 2011
From Newsbeat, BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14144142
There are growing concerns about the suicide rate in Northern Ireland, especially among young men.
That’s after figures reached a record level last year.
In other parts of the UK the rates have been falling slightly.
Newsbeat went to one walk-in centre set up for young people in Bangor.
Surveys on counselling in Northern Ireland
Posted on Tuesday 12 July 2011
BACP is currently seeking information from its Northern Ireland members to help inform their work with the DHSSPS on the Psychological Therapies Strategy Implementation Group on Primary Care Counsellors and Voluntary and Community Sector Providers of Counselling in Northern Ireland.
If you wish to forward this email on to the manager of your service for completion please feel free to do so.
BACP rule Christian counsellor’s attempt to cure gay man as ‘unethical’
Posted on Sunday 29 May 2011
From The Telegraph.
A Christian psychotherapist who tried to convert a gay man to become heterosexual has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
Lesley Pilkington was criticised by the professional body for counsellors after an undercover journalist posing as a patient secretly recorded her during a therapy session at her home.
Volunteer Counsellors Required – East Belfast Community Counselling
Posted on Saturday 23 April 2011
UPDATED: 27th June 2011 – East Belfast Community Counselling have now reached their quota for volunteers this year and are no longer accepting applications at this time.
East Belfast Community Counselling are looking for some volunteer counsellors. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in undertaking some voluntary placement work. A role description and an application form are available by clicking the links below.
NSPCC/ChildLine looking for Volunteers for Belfast Base
Posted on Wednesday 23 March 2011
ChildLine, the NSPCC’s free, 24-hour helpline for children and young people, is urgently seeking local volunteers in for shifts on Wednesday mornings and Saturday afternoons and evenings at its Belfast base.
ChildLine gives volunteer counsellors initial training in counselling skills and child protection. Following successful completion of this training, ChildLine offers support during counselling, ongoing training and for experienced counsellors, further opportunities to develop their skills.
Change in direction in the government’s approach to regulation
Posted on Monday 7 March 2011
The UK Government has issued a command paper, ’Enabling excellence: autonomy and accountability for healthcare workers, social workers and social care workers’ (Cm 8008), which signals a change in direction in its approach to the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy. In short, the command paper indicates that:
BACP Accreditation Workshop – L’Derry
Posted on Wednesday 19 January 2011
BACP are currently planning an Accreditation Workshop in L’Derry and would like to gauge the level of interest – if you are in the process of becoming accredited this workshop may be useful to you.
A member of BACP’s professional standards’ assessment team will lead the workshop and the content will include:
- An explanation of the counsellor / psychotherapist accreditation criteria
BMA declares that ‘conversion therapy’ for gays is harmful
Posted on Thursday 22 July 2010
Gay rights campaigners are celebrating “a watershed moment” after doctors said so-called “conversion therapy” designed to change sexual orientation was discredited and harmful.
More than two-thirds of doctors at the British Medical Association’s annual meeting in Brighton approved a motion backing a call for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and other mental health standards bodies to reject such treatments and ban their use in their codes of practice.
Support Groups for Therapists from Minority Communities
Posted on Wednesday 30 June 2010
UKCP’s Diversity Equalities and Social Responsibility Committee (DESRC) has set up a workgroup to look into start up support groups for psychotherapists from minority communities. We are initially looking at:
Support groups for black and asian therapists and support groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender therapists: