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		<title>Reminder: Counselling Surveys for Northern Ireland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sharp rise in suicide rate in Northern Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s after figures reached a record level last year. In other parts of the UK the rates have been falling slightly. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Surveys on counselling in Northern Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. ...]]></description>
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		<title>BACP rule Christian counsellor&#8217;s attempt to cure gay man as &#8216;unethical&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 06:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Counsellors Required &#8211; East Belfast Community Counselling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: 27th June 2011 &#8211; 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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>NSPCC/ChildLine looking for Volunteers for Belfast Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Change in direction in the government&#8217;s approach to regulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK Government has issued a command paper, &#8217;Enabling excellence: autonomy and accountability for healthcare workers, social workers and social care workers&#8217; (Cm 8008), which signals a change in direction in its approach to the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy.  In ...]]></description>
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		<title>BACP Accreditation Workshop &#8211; L&#8217;Derry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BACP are currently planning an Accreditation Workshop in L&#8217;Derry and would like to gauge the level of interest &#8211; if you are in the process of becoming accredited this workshop may be useful to you. A member of BACP&#8217;s professional ...]]></description>
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		<title>BMA declares that &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217; for gays is harmful</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay rights campaigners are celebrating &#8220;a watershed moment&#8221; after doctors said so-called &#8220;conversion therapy&#8221; designed to change sexual orientation was discredited and harmful. More than two-thirds of doctors at the British Medical Association&#8217;s annual meeting in Brighton approved a motion ...]]></description>
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		<title>Support Groups for Therapists from Minority Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UKCP&#8217;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 ...]]></description>
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