Membership
Membership
Membership is open to all Practitioners who:
1 . Agree with the principles and objectives of IAPCA and having an interest in one or more applications of the PCA, are admitted as members by such a process as the Co-ordinating Group may determine, subject to the payment of subscriptions.
2 . Are individual members of a recognised professional body which has an official complaints procedure if practising as a counsellor, therapist or psychologist. These include BACP, IACP, PSI, BPS, NAPCP and IAHIP. Other organisations will be considered on provision of evidence of an appropriate code of ethics and official complaints procedure.
3 . Members who are student counsellors/psychotherapists/psychologists are required to adhere to any codes of ethics laid down by the centre of learning/and or placement agency.
Termination of membership
The name of any Individual, whose removal from the membership of IAPCA is proposed, will be brought to a General Meeting for consideration. The grounds for removal or suspension may be failure to adhere to codes of conduct and practice or generally bringing IAPCA or its purpose into disrepute. The member or his/her spokesperson, has a right to be heard at the relevant meeting where a decision to withdraw membership will require the agreement of two-thirds of members voting. In the event of such a withdrawal of membership a record of the circumstances shall be made by the secretary and signed by the Secretary and the Convenor.
Any member who has not paid their membership in full within 2 months of the subscription renewal date (1st January) will be deemed to have terminated their membership of the Association.