Alberta Association of Marriage & Family Therapy

04/29/2022

Please have a read. This is concerning when a large professional association is actively lobbying against regulation and protection of vulnerable persons. As we know association and regulation are completely independent. Have your voice heard by sending a letter through the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta - ACTA website.

Addiction counselling is an unregulated field where anyone — even those with criminal convictions or who have been found guilty of unethical behaviour — can…

12/12/2021

The Alberta government has delayed proclamation of a regulation to create a professional college for counselling therapists, including those who work with children, youth and addictions treatment, but won't say why.

12/08/2021

Please take a moment and show your support for regulation! We need your voice on this urgent need for regulation! Please see the link below - it takes less than 30 seconds to send a letter of support.

07/08/2020

Please join us for an ACTA webinar.

Members who attended the AGM should note that the presentation will be similar to the one that the Chair and Registrar presented at that time. However, this will be open to non-members of ACTA and there will be more time for questions. Questions will be answered by our panel: Registrar, Linda Sahl....

08/29/2019

Expedited Route - Application Tips - https://mailchi.mp/0e5fa34d1c24/expedited-route-date-announcement-321589

07/24/2019

We are excited to announce that we are planning to open the Expedited Route in August. The exact date will be announced in a couple of weeks through this newsletter and the professional counselling associations affiliated with ACTA. Please read the FAQ's below for more details about the Expedited Ro...

05/18/2019

Compass Exam is currently recruiting 6-10 Alberta Addiction Counsellor Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for a committee to support the development of an entry-to-practice Addictions counsellor Competency Exam.  Diversity within committee needs to include: 

05/07/2019

The Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (ACTA) is a new association, which will carry on the work that began with the Federation of Associations of Counselling Therapists in Alberta (FACT-Alberta).