New Zealand Association of Counsellors

Objectives

Promote effective counselling services that are consistent with obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi
Assist clients to obtain services adequate to their needs
Develop common policies on counselling issues and transmit comment on these issues to the public, to the government, and to other appropriate authorities
Ensure the establishment, maintenance and enhancement of professional standards
Promote satisfactory conditions of employment for counsellors
Protect the interests and public standing of counselling personnel
Provide a forum for members to discuss matters of common concern
Promote quality training, supervision and professional development
Publish such journals, monographs and other publications as the National Executive shall from time to time decide
Affiliate with national and international organisations of counselling
Express, through its activities and resource allocations, a strong commitment to reduce the social disadvantages resulting from differences of race, gender, age, class, religion, sexual orientation, and any contravention of human rights.

Objectives