Who are the European Association for Counselling (EAC)?
European Association for Counselling is the driving
force for Counselling in Europe and plays a pivotal role in promoting counselling as a
profession and its contribution to the mental health and well-being of all
Europeans.
EAC encourages individuals to embrace change and to
build fuller more rewarding lives.
EAC seeks to promote the social, emotional and mental well-being
of individuals throughout Europe
As the voice, representing the many voices, for the Profession of
Counselling in Europe, we strengthen our authority to remain the leading
association for counselling in Europe.
We strive to increase awareness about the role of the profession within the
European Community in all healthcare, educational and industry sectors
The EAC
Objective
The fundamental European
Counselling objective is to work with partner
Associations/Organisations throughout Europe to further the development of
Counselling as a profession in every European Country. The executive committee
invite counselling associations and counselling training organisations to open
discussions to help further this project, full details of membership cab be
found at Membership.
The EAC Task
With so many disparate European Counselling
associations and organisations together with the complexity of the regulations
of each country this appears to be an enormous project, as official recognition
must be the foundation for the Association to progress.
However, it is felt that by forming these partnerships
and putting aside local and national challenges we can work together for the
common good for both Counselling and the client.
The basis of these discussions is to set up a
common level of European Counselling training and expertise throughout Europe in the
knowledge that many countries have training courses which are advanced and of a
high quality. There are also countries in Europe where associations and
organisations seek to join with a European Association to receive guidance and
structure in an effort to raise the profile of Counsellors in their own
country.
The Association has a newly structured Professional
Training Standards and Accreditation Committee who are continuing the work of
earlier committees, the members are
drawn from Germany; Greece; Malta; Serbia: Ireland and the U.K.
The European
Certificate of Counsellor Accreditation
The criteria set for the award of the European
Certificate of Counsellor Accreditation have been agreed by the founding
countries of the European Counselling Association. The levels of expertise and
training required to reach the award level can be achieved by any counselling
Association/Organisation in Europe. The members who achieve the award can
display the certificate to show their clients that they have attained a high
level of expertise and training, which is for the good of all clients.
Attainment of the award allows a member to insert their business details in the
on-line Accredited Member Register which is featured through the ‘Find an EAC Accredited
Counsellor’ page.
What if my
country has no National Association/Organisation?
Where a country does not have a Counselling
Association, the Executive can work with Counselling Bodies and to help them to
form a National Association which can be recognised by all counsellors in that
country. Further information can be found HERE.
The European Asspcoation for Counselling keep in touch
with partner Associations/Organisations by regular meetings and with their
individual members through this website and through the General Assembly
meetings with regular conferences; workshops and online communication
The conferences and workshops are open to all
counsellors and anyone interested in counselling in addition to our members.
They are made up of influential keynote speakers and workshops delivered by leaders
from all across Europe and beyond in many cases. They are always inspiring and
challenging with a good mixture of networking opportunities
http://eac.eu.com/
