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Counsellors from around the world will meet to discuss their role in helping people deal with social, cultural, economic and natural challenges at the 2009 International Association for Counselling (IAC) Counference organised by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
The event, "Counselling and the challenge of social transformations: promoting human dignity across the lifespan", takes place from 22-26 July at the University of Warwick and will focus on how counselling can add value to people"s lives as they confront major global challenges to health and well-being.
Discussion will take place around the role of counselling in assisting children and young people in crisis, and its benefits in work with survivors of natural disasters. Other issues to be discussed will include the use of counselling to challenge HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses, and its place in promoting gender equality, the integrity of the family, and peace and human rights.
Keynote speakers at the conference are:
- Camila Batmanghelidjh, psychotherapist and founder/director of children"s charity Kids Company.
- Helen Bamber, psychotherapist and founder of the Helen Bamber Foundation which helps survivors of gross human rights violations.
- Professor Ching-Mey See, Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Science, Malaysia.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy