About Counselling Arabia
Counselling Arabia’s continuing aims are to work with practitioners and
institutions:
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To promote excellence and innovation, equality of
opportunity and continuous quality improvement in counselling throughout the
Gulf Region
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To inform and influence policies and agendas
relating to counselling for the benefit of both clients and practitioners
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To develop and foster local, regional, national
and international networks and partnerships
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To take a professional lead in creating, promoting
and maintaining appropriate policies and strategies that develop best practice
in counselling
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To promote and develop training events and
networks to meet the changing needs of counselling practitioners
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To communicate and promote the value and benefits
of Counselling Arabia, and its activities in order to inform and influence the
widest appropriate audience
Leadership & Advocacy
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Develop community awareness of the concept,
benefit and value of counselling and career development
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Develop and facilitate strategic liaisons with
stakeholders and policy makers
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Contribute to community development and capacity
building
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Build relationships with the international
counselling and career development community
Standards of Practice
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Provide ethical and quality counselling and career
services to people of all ages, to benefit the individual, the community, the
wider society and the economy
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Promote professional standards and practice within
the counselling and career development fields
Learning and Development
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Promote the professional development and growth of
counselling and career practitioners, human resource professionals, social
workers and other stakeholders
Research
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Promote research in counselling and career
guidance and develop materials and techniques for the local context
Membership of Counselling Arabia is open to anyone working in the
counselling, human resource, training, coaching and career development fields in
the UAE who actively participates in at least one of the competency areas:
- Individual assessment and counselling
- Group assessment and counselling
- Career and labour market information provision
- Personal, career and educational counselling and consultation
- Counselling program research, design, and evaluation
- Counselling program management and implementation
- Human Resource Management
- Counsellor education and training
- Supervision, mentoring and coaching
Please contact counsellingarabia@hct.ac.ae if you are interested in joining
Counselling Arabia.