I am delighted to
have been invited to, and accepted, the role of Honorary President of AICTP -
The newly launched Association for Integrative Coach-Therapist Professionals.
AICTP has been formed to embrace
the concept and practice of integrating coaching with therapy.
Debra Jinks, the
founding Chair says, “AICTP aims to offer support and guidance to practitioners
who combine the theory and practice of therapy and coaching. We want to offer
coach-therapists a grass-roots environment where they can share ways to improve
their practice, gain increased security, safety and support in the way they
choose to work, and a sense of community – we already have 200 members of our
Linked In group which shows even at this early stage that there is interest out
there. Right now we’re not intending to be a standard-setting body – we just
want to get people talking about what they’re doing and what it means for
clients”.
With Keren Smedley as Deputy
Chair and Jayne Hildreth as a fellow founding director, plus Gordon Jinks and
Nash Popovic taking on key roles and projects, AICTP will be holding its first
open forum - world café style - on October 3rd at the University of
East London (Stratford Campus) from 4-7pm, in which anyone working as a
coach-therapist is welcome to participate.
As former inaugural Chair of
BACP Coaching (the coaching division of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) it's a subject close to my heart and I'm pleased to support them in any way I can.
Integrative practice has been going on for some
time in the UK and Europe (as far as we know, not in the US because of licencing laws). This is borne out by research and anecdotal evidence from coaches,
counsellors and therapists alike - yet because there has been so much debate
about “the differences” it’s masked the reality out there. Many just see their
clients’ needs as being on a continuum, and so that’s how they work. There is
much to explore around the ethics and the practice from many angles, and with
integration at its core, AICTP aims to lead the way in this important arena.
It's a very exciting development.
For more details about AICTP
contact Debra Jinks or Keren Smedley at support@aictp.org.uk
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