Malta Association for The Counselling Profession

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25/05/2018

The first warranting ceremony for counsellors will take place today Friday May 25th, 2018. For the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession (MACP), this brings to fruition a dream that started in October 2006. MACP would like to thank all past Executive Council members and past presidents who worked relentlessly for this law. We look forward to continue with collaborative work with the Council for the Counselling Profession (CCP) and the University of Malta's Department of Counselling within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.

L-ewwel ċerimonja tal-għoti tal-warrants lill-counsellors se ssir illum il-Ġimgħa 25 ta' Mejju, 2018. Għall-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija għall-Professjoni tal-Counselling (MACP), dan hu r-riżultat ta’ ħolma li bdiet f'Ottubru 2006. L-MACP tixtieq tirringrazzja lill-membri kollha tal-Kunsill Eżekuttiv preċedenti kif ukoll lill-presidenti preċedenti li ħadmu bla heda għal din il-liġi. Nistennew bil-ħerqa li nkomplu bix-xogħol kollaborattiv mal-Kunsill għall-Professjoni tal-Counselling (CCP) u d-Dipartiment tal-Counselling tal-Università ta' Malta fi ħdan il-Fakultà għall-Benesseri Soċjali.

19/02/2018

The Malta Association of Counselling Professions joins the awareness against Mental Health Stigma. People with mental health are within are families. They are our friends, our neighbours, our co-workers. Mental health is like any other disease - like diabetes, cardiac health issues and many other physical diseases so it makes no sense whatsoever that stigma is still surrounding mental illness.

04/03/2016

Attention: a seminar on domestic violence and children will be held on Wednesday, 30. March 2016 at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valetta. For further information kindly contact:

Domestic Violence at MSDC

18/02/2016

21/01/2016

The Department of Counselling at the University of Malta, in collaboration with the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession, is pleased to invite you to its 3rd Annual Counselling Research Conference

Working with Risk: Bridging the Practice Research Gap for the Helping Professions

Date: Friday 19th (5PM-8PM) & Saturday 20th February (All Day)
Venue: Dolmen Resort Hotel Qawra, Malta
Key note speaker: Dr Andrew Reeves, BACP, Chair.

We are living through a historically significant transitionary period where the health and wellbeing of all nations are transforming in complex and dynamic ways. People are living longer, fertility rates are declining, technology is advancing at an exponential rate and the stress associated with daily life has increased. As a result the needs of our communities are ever changing. As counsellors, advocates and agents for social change we have a duty to tackle these issues in equally dynamic and complex ways, which are not possible without informed research, collaboration, dialogue and a forward thinking approach to practice. Bridging the Practice-Research gap will give our profession the credibility it demands on a local and global scale while at the same time moving practice in the direction of the establishment of proven preventative practices while at the same time indicating and addressing potential obstacles and barriers associated with access and approaches to the counselling process.

Submissions for paper and workshop presentations related to this theme are very welcome from academics, researchers, students, and practitioners.

Instructions for abstract submissions
Submissions are to include an abstract of 100-200 words. Please note that presentations should not exceed 20 minutes to allow time for discussion.

All abstract submissions should:
Clearly state title, first name and surname of presenting author and co-authors with affiliated organisation/s.
State preferred email address for correspondence
Stare if you would like your abstract to be considered as (a) oral presentation or (b) workshop
Be no more than 200 words and must be structured using the following subheadings: Objective, Background, Methods (to include design and participants), Results and Conclusion.
Be saved in MS Word format as REACONF2016_Abstract_Surname Name and submitted by email to the Department of Counselling on niamh.donoghue@um.edu.mt by not later than 4th February 2016. Submissions will be reviewed by a scientific committee and prospective presenters will be notified of the outcome by email by 9th February 2016.

01/11/2015

Anne Stokes initially thought that e counselling would not work. She volunteered to be a client to someone training online to prove to herself and others that e counselling is not appropriate but ended up being a practicitioner, a training and a counselling supervision working online. Watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8PzdQCeG04

Welcome to our series of events around working in Private Practice where we explore the joys and challenges of working independently. Event Description Anne ...

21/10/2015

Establishing a Practice and engaging with clients online!

A conference presented by Anne Stokes...

12/10/2015

The Departments of Anthropological Sciences, and International Relations,University of Malta,
and the Organization for Intra Cultural Development (OICD)
AT THE BORDERS OF IDENTITY:
FORCES OF COHESION AND DIVISION IN EUROPEAN MIGRATION AT
LOCAL, NATIONAL, & EUROPEAN LEVELS
A ONE DAY WORKSKOP
15 October 2015
The Sir Jack Goody Library, Valletta Campus, St Paul’s Street, Valletta, Malta.
9.30.am -12.35.pm; and 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Migration of peoples into Europe is more than a challenge to the physical capacities, the political or economic systems, or the policy infrastructures that have been built to manage migration in the past. Migration has always challenged, and will increasingly threaten, the
established “borders of identity” that have been built to contain ideas about who it is that “we” are.
This one‐day workshop‐conference aims to combine academic, practitioner and governmental perspectives to uncover how, under the influence of migration, identities can shift to challenge, sometimes divide ‐ and at other times re‐constellate ‐ our senses of who ‘we’ are, as well as that of ‘others’. Divisions occur, for instance, at the point of entry into the EU, as “non‐Europeans” pose new challenges to different concepts of identity:
those based on locality, on national citizenship (with all its attendant comfortable cultural baggage), and on “European Values”. Migrations can thus severely challenge different, and sometimes competing, senses of identity, posing new identity, ethical and political dilemmas and re-definitions for the self and others affecting both hosts and migrants.
Current events in Europe raise further questions not just about the immediate responses to ‘humanitarian crises’ (and how it is presented, worked out, and ‘managed’ by the different political actors, including national states, the EU, civil society, the media, and populist movements), but also about the courses of action that European citizens and their political representatives, have engaged in – and, in some cases, the active and/or passive
inaction that has led to such massive, historically unprecedented, population movements.

12/10/2015

The 2015 Department of Psychology conference
in association with BetaPsi
‘The Role of Psychology in Maltese Society’
Friday 13th November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00
Venue: ‘1743’ Razzett l-Antik, Triq il-Wied, Qormi
BOOKING FORM
You are invited to attend the above conference, which promises to be an exciting day for all those interested in research related to Psychology. A number of students, graduates, academics, and practitioners will be presenting their research in this day-long event.
The price has been kept as low as possible in order to encourage everyone to participate. However, places are limited and you are encouraged to book early to secure your place. The price includes two coffee breaks, and a conference pack including the programme, abstract booklet, and certificate of attendance. An optional pasta buffet lunch, including a vegetarian option, dessert and coffee is available for €11. This must be paid when booking is made, and it is encouraged that participants make use of this facility as there are few places to eat in the vicinity of the conference location.
Payment, which must accompany booking, can be made by cash or cheque payable to the “Department of Psychology”. Payment may be sent by post or delivered in person during student hours to
Ms Sarah J. Mifsud, Old Humanities Building Room 215 Department of Psychology, Old Humanities Bldg Room 215, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080.
Please make sure to tick the correct box on the form and include payment for lunch if choosing that option. Also kindly note that early booking rates apply until the 31st October only.
Enquiries: email - gottfried.catania@um.edu.mt; tel - 2340 2269
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Student/presenter - Early booking rate: € 25 □ After 31st October: € 30 □
Other – Early booking rate: € 30 □ After 31st October: € 35 □
Lunch (optional): € 11 □ After 31st October: € 11 □
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12/10/2015

Public lecture by Prof. Rubenstein this Friday 16. October at 5.00pm