FACTBC continues to meet with MLAs
We met with Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour and the chair of the standing committee on children and youth.
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December 2016
Counsellors should have a College to make counselling therapy a fully regulated profession in BC
Dr. Glen Grigg, chair of FACTBC, talks in this op-ed article about the need for regulatory oversight of counselling therapists.http://vancouversun.com/opinion/opinion-we-need-a-b-c-college-of-counselling-therapists
Vancouver Coastal Health Medical Health Officer supports the regulation of counselling therapists in BC
Dr. Paul Martiquet, the Vancouver Coastal Health Medical Health Officer for Sunshine Coast and Powell River, recently wrote an article about regulating counselling in BC. Check it out here: http://www.vch.ca/about-us/news/regulating-counselling .
CBC interview and article highlights the need for regulation of counselling therapists in BC
Please check out the CBC Almanac interview by host, Gloria Macarenko, with guests Dr. Glen Grigg, chair of FACTBC, and Bernadine Fox http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/programs/bcalmanac/nov-28-2016-cetaceans-in-aquariums-call-to-regulate-therapists-1.3871522. CBC Canada posted this article on a BC patient’s personal experience with a counsellor/therapist who was not regulated. At the moment, BC’s 5000 counselling therapists are not regulated by a College and