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Annual general Meeting -

Monday 24th November 2008

at Room D330 Dawson

Building, Perry Barr Campus of

Birmingham City University

MESSAGE FROM VICE CHAIR

October 2008

Dear Colleague,

I wish to update you on the progress of the Midlands Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (MIIPC). 

We started an application to UKCP in 2004 and the following year we were accepted into the general membership of UKCP.  We immediately made an application to the Humanistic and Integrative Section (HIPS) from where we could obtain sponsoring organisational status.  This application was rejected on the grounds that the MSc course, run at that time through the UCE along with the training personnel associated with the course did not meet UKCP minimum standards.  In November 2007 the committee decided to suspend all activities within the MIIPC until we felt that the BCU had made a full commitment to the necessary changes, in order to meet the standards and support our re-application to the UKCP.

I am very pleased to inform you that the BCU have fully embraced this situation and have undertaken considerable changes in relation to this course.  The University is now offering a complete re-worked, 4-year postgraduate MSc course, (first intake from October 2008).  The very capable and experienced Marion Crowley will run this course.  I feel confident that this course will be wholly acceptable to the UKCP.

It now remains for the MIIPC to do its part, for which most of the necessary ground work has been done.  However, the committee has decided that we really need some “new blood” to help us move forward. Specifically, I am asking if any of our members would be prepared to serve on the committee. Such positions do not have to be onerous or time consuming. There are several positions on the committee, which we hope to fill but the most pressing positions are;

 ·         Membership Secretary

·         Events Organiser

·         Communications Officer

·         Treasurer

Any support you could offer at this stage would be greatly appreciated.  If you would like any further information please contact me direct on tim.young@zen.co.uk or telephone: (01905) 354819.

There will be an Annual General Meeting for MIIPC at the BCU on Monday 24^th November 2008 at 7pm (full details will be posted on this website) when we hope to recruit to the vacant committee positions.

I genuinely believe we now have a very real opportunity to achieve our goal of UKCP sponsoring organisational status.  We will keep you informed of any further developments.

Tim Young

Vice Chair

Midlands Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling (MIIPC)

is an organisation open to all practising clinicians who select an eclectic or integrative focus in psychotherapy or counselling.

The MIIPC is designed and run by working therapists to meet the organisational needs of other therapists.

We aim to:

• Promote good clinical practice in the area of integrative psychotherapy and counselling

• Expand the body of knowledge within the sphere of psychotherapy by encouraging research.

• Promote training and arrange educational meetings and conferences with the aim of promoting integrative models of psychotherapy.

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Training.   We provide for members an annual programme of two clinical workshops and four clinical symposia.  More information

Communication. There is a regular newsletter and this web site is being improved with expanded facilities for members.

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Very best wishes for 2008

From the MIIPC executive