IACP members seeking re-accreditation no longer need to be with same supervisor for 12 months

The IACP has changed the requirement that members be with the same supervisor for at least 12 months prior to the application. In a newsletter issued on 22nd July 2016, the IACP says:

"Due to introduction of Annual Re-Accreditation, the 12 month requirement to be with the same supervisor before applying for re-accreditation no longer applies. Please note that if you change your supervisor during the course of the annual accreditation year, there is a special Change of Supervisor Report Form for Accredited Members & Supervisors to be completed.

"The Supervisor Report form is available as a download under the supervision menu titled ‘supervisor report forms’ on the IACP website under the following location:
www.iacp.ie/Supervisor-Report-Form

Please send this Supervisor’s Report Form to IACP Office with your Annual Re-accreditation application form."

Do goals get in the way of supervisees' client work or of supervision?

Back in 2009, a paper published by Harvard Business School  created a stir in the area of business psychology, achievement and so on.

The paper, Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting,  questioned the idea that having goals and working towards them assiduously is always a good thing. On the contrary, they suggested that too-intense focus on goals takes away from an awareness of the bigger picture, can lead to dishonest behaviour and reduces motivation in those who feel they have not achieved the goals set for them.

 When I read this recently I began to wonder if this might be an area for exploration by supervisors with their supervisees.  Some questions that occurred to me were:

• Could a solution focused therapist discount relationship-building or listening because of an intense focus of goals?
• Could a person centred therapist paid too little attention to helping people set useful, attainable goals?
• Could a therapist who has had a client achieve success in one area actually discount this because he or she is focused on a goal in another area? For instance if the goal is to move the client from pessimism to optimism,  could the therapist discount the still pessimistic client's success in improving relationships at home and at work?
• Could' the therapist see himself or herself as "not a good therapist" because the client has failed to "achieve" certain goals, even though many other things have improved?
• Could a supervisor have goals that he or she thinks ought to be achieved in the therapy and could he or she judge the supervisee according to whether these goals are reached? 

I think most of us would hope to avoid those traps most of the time but the thing about traps is that you can fall into them first without realising it. Although the paper referred to above is a business paper it's worth a read.

IACP to commence annual re-accreditation from 2016

The IACP will move from 5-yearly to annual re-accreditation from 1st January 2016. Here are extracts from the announcement in its latest newsletter to members:

"At some point in over the course of 2016, you will be contacted via email by a member of the IACP Accreditation Department with detailed instructions on how to renew your IACP accreditation for your therapeutic and supervision work.

"Members will be invited to renew their therapeutic accreditation (including Supervisor Accreditation at the same time, if applicable) in one simple application form.

"Your new accreditation date may be on, or after, the date of your current accreditation (according to the month).

"The new accreditation date will calculated by giving you a later date in the year, to ensure you benefit and not lose any months of accreditation.

"Please visit the IACP website for more details and to view a sample of the new re-accreditation application form.

www.iacp.ie/renewal-of-accreditation

"The processing fee for the renewal of IACP accreditation will be €20 per year.

"Any processing fee that has already been paid in recent years will be credited to future processing fees as appropriate.


"If you are an Accredited Supervisor:

"There is only one form to be completed for both categories of membership (Accredited Member and Accredited Supervisor).

"From 2016, your accreditation as an Accredited Member and an Accredited Supervisor will be renewed at the same time.

"The processing fee for the renewal of IACP Supervisor accreditation (including therapeutic accreditation) will be €30 per year in total.

"Any processing fee that has already been paid in recent years will be credited to future processing fees as appropriate."

Supervisors' Forum, Ennis, Co Clare, 26th September

A Supervisors' Forum will be held in the West County Hotel, Ennis, on 26th September from 10.30am to 3.30pm. 5 CPD hours. Facilitators: Christina Hogan & Tricia McGlacken Ryan

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Supervisors' Forum Dublin, 19th September on emotional regulation

"Emotional regulation and its role in Supervision" is the subject of the next IACP Supervisors' Forum in Dubin on 19th September, 10.30am to 3.30pm. Presented by Peter Sherry. Facilitators: Trish Farrell & Ann McDonald.

Venue: All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

5 CPD hours

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Residence in Ireland no longer required by IACP for accreditation

In its latest newsletter, the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy says:

Please be advised that as of 31 March 2015, the requirement to be a resident and/or practising in the 32 counties of Ireland no longer applies.

 

For more information please contact the IACP Accreditation Department or visit our website: http://www.iacp.ie/first-time-accreditation

Counselling/Psychotherapy students can now combine courses for first-time accreditation, says IACP

As of June, 2015 courses done within a five-year period can be combined to make up a core course by students seeking first-time accreditation with the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Here's the announcement from the IACP newsletter:

Please be advised that amendments have been made to the IACP criteria for First Time Accreditation regarding Combining Courses and Personal Therapy In Parallel With The Core Course.

“As of 12 June 2015 courses may be combined to make up a core course. These two courses must be completed within 5 years of each other.

If the IACP believes that the ethos promoted by the course or the course providers or their employees or agents as part of the course or as part of the environment surrounding the course is / are not compatible with the ethos promoted by the IACP, the IACP has a right to refuse accreditation to the applicant who has completed such a course. This is a discretionary right of the IACP.”

“Where the applicant has completed a course or combination of two courses, which meet the IACP Core Course criteria in all respects except for the inclusion of 50 hours of personal therapy, then personal therapy taken in parallel with the course with an accredited IACP therapist (or therapist accredited by an organisation acceptable to IACP), will be accepted.”

For more information please contact the Accreditation Department or visit our website: http://www.iacp.ie/first-time-accreditation