IACT - INDIA Mission Statement
The International Association of Counsellors and Therapists is a premier association for holistic practitioners that provides a forum where members may exchange ideas, information, techniques, and methodologies.
Establishing itself apart from the rest as a multidisciplined association, which specializes in holistic techniques. IACT's membership includes medical practitioners, psychologists, clinical social workers, coaches, stress consultants, NLP practitioners, hypnotherapists, biofeedback specialists, nutritionists, educators, mental health therapists, substance abuse counsellors and others in the helping, healing arts.
More than ever before there is an undeniable urgency for complementary healthcare practitioners to unite. Our vision is to light the path of unity by providing a place where practitioners can come together under one umbrella; to explore, indulge and renew their passion for diverse holistic health care disciplines.
Code of Ethics
This "Code of Ethics" provides a common set of values upon which members build their professional, educational, training, and scientific work and in accordance with the way they provide such services to members and non-members. The code is intended to provide the guiding principles to cover situations that may be encountered by members, customers, clients, and/or patients. It has as its primary goal the welfare and protection of the individuals and groups with whom members’ work. Members aspire to the highest possible standards of conduct, respect, and protection of human and civil rights.
Members shall maintain the highest standards of competence in their work. Members shall provide only those services and use only those techniques for which they are qualified by education, training and experience and will provide a service to clients only in those areas in which they have trained and have demonstrated competence. They shall maintain knowledge of relevant scientific and professional information related to healing modalities and participate in the required levels of continuing education as provided separately from this document by the Association, and to keep up to date with innovations in their field. This may be through, on-site classroom training, online, or through approved CDs, DVDs etc.
Members will either decline servicing a client that involve areas where the member does not have adequate training for any given topic or the member can elect to refer a client on to another more suitable practitioner who is trained in that topic and who would reasonably be expected to offer suitable service whether or not that practitioner be a member of the Association.