British Columbia Coalition

British Columbia Coalition
British Columbia counsellors and therapists have been working towards regulation since 1998.  A task group (Task Group for Counsellor Regulation in British Columbia) made up the the following professional associations has been formed:

  •  The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (BC Chapter)
  •  The BC Art Therapy Association
  •  The BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
  •  The American Association of Pastoral Counsellors( BC Chapter)
  •  The Music Therapy Association of BC
  •  The Canadian Association of Pastoral Practice and Education (BC Chapter)

 

There is a draft regulation that this task force submitted to the transitional council from September 2011.  It can be found here.

 


The BC Task Group has also produced a major document entitled BC’s Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile for Counselling Therapists.


A very comprehensive history of the regulatory efforts is available on the BCACC website.