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We met with Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour and the chair of the standing committee on children and youth.

Dr. Glen Grigg, chair of FACTBC, talks in this op-ed article about the need for regulatory oversight of counselling therapists.http://vancouversun.com/opinion/opinion-we-need-a-b-c-college-of-counselling-therapists

Dr. Paul Martiquet, the Vancouver Coastal Health Medical Health Officer for Sunshine Coast and Powell River, recently wrote an article about regulating counselling in BC. Check it out here: http://www.vch.ca/about-us/news/regulating-counselling .

Please check out the CBC Almanac interview by host, Gloria Macarenko, with guests Dr. Glen Grigg, chair of FACTBC, and Bernadine Fox http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/programs/bcalmanac/nov-28-2016-cetaceans-in-aquariums-call-to-regulate-therapists-1.3871522. CBC Canada posted this article on a BC patient’s personal experience with a counsellor/therapist who was not regulated. At the moment, BC’s 5000 counselling therapists are not regulated by a College and

The Federation of Associations for Counselling Therapists in BC has welcomed the Canadian Addiction Counsellor Certification Federation to the FACTBC membership. CACCF promotes, certifies and monitors the competency of addiction specific counsellors in Canada. CACCF provides its members with professional, credible, and legal certification through a process that examines demonstrated work competency. CACCF becomes the

The Federation of Associations for Counselling Therapists in BC has welcomed the Canadian Art Therapy Association to the FACTBC membership. CATA represents the national voice of art therapy, ensuring professional standards for art therapists in the interest of public safety and trust and upholding ethical and educational standards for professional designation of art therapists. CATA

FACTBC held its annual general meeting and quarterly Board meeting on June 1. Some recent events to share include: FACTBC continues to collaborate nationally with other groups seeking counsellor regulation such that there are now FACT groups active in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland — all using the FACTBC policy and governance platform. FACTBC has

What this document is about Almost all counsellors who make themselves accountable to a code of ethics and a standard of practice know that, helpful as this is, voluntary self-regulation still leaves the public vulnerable, under-informed, and open to mis-representation. Self-styled people calling themselves therapists and counsellors can offer services to the public with no

Our clients Our member associations all have different names, but our common work is that of counselling therapists, serving our clients in every corner of this province. We provide our services to approximately 200,000 individuals annually. Typically, a counselling therapist might see between 60 and 70 clients per year, with demographic averages as follows: 16