Calendar of Events

2015 ACCT AGM

Please hold the dates for the ACCT AGM and Mini Conference which will take place Friday, 25 and Saturday, 26,  September, 2015.

Planning has begun, and our AGM Coordinator is ready for volunteers to sign up, please contact Sarah Lispett at [email protected].

Stay tuned for more information and updates.

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2020 - 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

We would like to announce the following changes to our Board of Directors.

Resignations

In October 2014, Karen Campbell was re appointed to the ACCT Board.  She put many hours into the arduous task of writing the ACCT policies and updating the policies and procedures.  A task not many would tackle.   Karen has now stepped back from her Board position and and we sincerely appreciate the work she has done.

Kami Butcher has resigned from the Board due to a change in her time availability.  We thank Kami for her marketing input.  Her IT experience and hard work has helped bring ACCT a long way, and her efforts in transitioning our website material is greatly appreciated.  Her latest project, spearheading and arranging the production of the soon to be released ACCT promotion video, will continue to evolve.

Additions (filling two vacancies):

Allow us to introduce our newest Board Director,  Mike Stephan.  Mike brings to the board policy development experience, training oversight and HR management including  conflict resolution coaching and knowledge around human rights issues.  He is an entrepreneur and business owner and he operates a counselling and workshop business in New Westminster. For further information on Mike, check out his board profile.

We are also pleased to announce that Karleen Nevery,  a founding member and Treasurer has rejoined the board.  A warm welcome back to Karleen, who in reality, never stepped too far from the Board and its activity.

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REGISTRAR POSITION UPDATE

PR and Marketing Manager Hired

ACCT is excited to introduce Julia Montague to our members.  Julia has been hired in a  Public Relations and Marketing role.  Her mandate is to build relationships and widen ACCT's visibility with third party billers and health professionals in our communities. She will also be sourcing member benefits for ACCT counsellors and enhancing our public image through our website and printed material.  She will be networking with our member/owners to learn what we want and we need.  Julia is currently part of our Facebook group and is open to listening and taking action.

Julia Montague comes to the ACCT from the world of Public Relations, Communications, Marketing, and Journalism. In a past life she taught English to students in Vancouver and Vietnam and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia, and a Diploma in Broadcast and Media Communications from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. For further information on Julia check out her bio on our website.

Thanks to the financial health of ACCT, we now have a small budget to retain a Public Relations professional and no longer have to rely fully on volunteers to fill all the roles at ACCT. That said, Julia Montague and Sarah Lipsett will continue to seek volunteer input from members in the spirit of being a "Cooperative" Professional Association.

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2020 - 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES

A new board was formed at the AGM, two new members Darrin Taylor and Robert Brooks joined Susan Derry, Karleen Nevery, Sonya Randle, Mike Stephan and myself to make up the 2015-2016 Board of Directors. We are delighted that Mary McClelland will continue as our secretary.  

Darrin Taylor brings a wealth of experience to the board, on the business side as the succesful CEO of Axis Intervention, with offices in Kelowna and Vernon and on the professional side as a Board Registered Interventionist, a Certified Intervention Professional, and a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor.  For more information check out Darrin's board profile here.

Rob Brooks will be a great addition to the board bringing over twenty-five years of business experience to the counselling field.  As part of is board duties Robert will oversee the newly created Mentoring committee.  For further information on Robert, check out his board profile.

Please join us in welcoming Darrin and Robert to the borad

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

If you are a member of the ACCT Facebook Community you have been following the posts regarding the mailing of the new ready-to-frame wall certificates.  Most of you have received your certificates, we thank you for taking the time to renew and upload the required documents ensuring your compliance.  For those of you who have not received your certificate, we are missing proof of your current liability insurance and/or you have not reported your professional development hours for the last year to ACCT.

To keep your membership in good standing we require:

• Proof of current liability insurance, you can upload a copy here.

• You partake in 15 hours professional development or continuing education credits per year, you can report these hours here.

• New this year, RTCs are required to have a minimum of 10 hours of supervision per year, these hours can be reported here along with your first 1,000 direct client contact hours.

 If you have uploaded or reported the information and have not received your certificate or you have any questions, please email Sarah @  [email protected].

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SUPERVISION

This is a reminder of the CHANGES TO THE ACCT SUPERVISION POLICY announced in the last Newsletter (this will require a login to view). 

As all RTCs are now required to be under supervision for their first 1,000 direct client contact hours and required to receive 10 hours of supervision annually , we would like to suggest those who have not yet found a supervisor, check out the list of ACCT supervisors which can be found on our website. When you have a supervisor please go to the RTC Supervisor Form to upload the details.

A comprehensive page about Supervision can be found on the website, here.

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Website and Directory Update

We will be launching our new and improved Counsellor Directory in the next few weeks. Our goal is to have the ACCT counsellor directory professionally represent our members and be accessible and appealing to the public.

We are also redoing the website to make it much more Google and mobile friendly, to and streamline the member management system processes and to reduce the long term costs in terms of time and dollars.

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FACTBC UPDATE

FACTBC Video

Please follow the link, and scroll down to the bottom of the page for a very informational video of what FACTBC is about and has been up to. The video is a must watch for all ACCT counsellors who plan on being part of the future BC College of Counselling Therapists.

FACT BC video.

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CURRENT MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS

Yay to us!  ACCT membership continues to rise, who thinks we'll hit 250 by the AGM? 

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WORDS OF WISDOM

A new take on the old saying "Think before you speak".

THINK BEFORE YOU.........

Is it TRUE

Is it HELPFUL

Is it INSPIRING

Is it NECESSARY

Is it KIND

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