Certificate Examination
Qualification Examination and Qualification Inspection Operation Regulations of America Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy
ChapterⅠ: General Rules
1. Purpose
This Corporation is Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the nonprofit public benefit corporation law for public purposes.
The specific purpose of this corporation is operate an association to provide education and certification of Counseling Therapy, Psychotherapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Natural Therapy, Stress Management, Meditation Healing, and Marriage & Family Counseling.
This Association has the following purpose to manage the institute. Counseling Therapy, Psychotherapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Natural Therapy, Stress Management, Meditation Healing, Scholarship study concurring the marriage and Family Consultant.
The activity that improves the public health condition and the education of the therapist and the quality improvement of the members and the devise of the interrelation friendship.
2. Enterprise
Enforcement of the qualified-certification of the therapist through the education and training.
① Academic study and publication
② The support and study activity for the improvement of the psychological health of the public.
③ Publication of the scientific treatise.
④ Enforcement of the qualified-certification of the therapist.
⑤ The education and training for the association development.
⑥ The continual relation the domestic and foreign.
⑦ The protection of the rights and interests of the members and the friendship.
⑧ The others-the business that is needed for the association development.
ChapterⅡ: Qualification Examination and Qualification Inspection Operation Regulations
3. C lassification
The specific purpose of this corporation is operate an association to provide education and certification of Counseling Therapy, Psychotherapy, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Natural Therapy, Stress Management, Meditation Healing, and Marriage & Family Counseling.
① Counseling Therapy : Master of Counseling Therapy, Counseling Therapist, Clinical Counseling Therapist
② Psychotherapy : Master of Psychotherapy, Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychotherapist
③ Music Therapy : Master of Music Therapy, Music Therapist, Clinical Music Therapist
④ Art Therapy : Master of Art Therapy, Art Therapist, Clinical Art Therapist
⑤ Natural Therapy : Master of Natural Therapy, Natural Therapist, Clinical Natural Therapist
⑥ Stress Management
⑦ Meditation Healing : Master of Meditation Healing, Meditation Healer, Clinical Meditation Healer
⑧ Marriage & Family Counseling : Master of Marriage & Family Counselor, Clinical Marriage & Family Counselor
4. Qualification Requisite of the Association's Certification for 'Master Course'
① The person who completes over 2 years' college course and engages in the actual site over 2 years and finishes over 24 credits of the related subjects.
② The person who passes the association's qualification test.
③ The person who finishes the clinical, practical education over 48 hours under the control of the specialist recognized by the Association.
④ The person who passes the qualification Examination of the Association's qualification supervision committee.
5. Qualification Requisite of the Association's Certification for 'Therapist'
① The person who completes the master's degree at the university recognized by AACPT and the person who finishes over 12 units of the related subject or the person who finishes over 4 years in universities or in counselling organizations proportionate to universities or engages in the actual site over 2 years and finishes over 24 credits of the related subjects.
② The person who finishes the clinical, practical education over 48 hours under the control of the specialist recognized by the Association.
③ The person who passes the qualification Examination of the Association.
④ The person who passes the qualification inspection of the Association's qualification supervision committee.
6. Qualification Requisite of the Association's Certification for 'Clinical Therapist'
① The person who acquires the doctor's degree at the universities recognized by the association and completes the related subjects of over 12 credits or the person who completes the master degree and engages in the actual site over 3 years and finishes over 24 credits of the related subjects.
② The person who passes the Association's qualification test.
③ The person who finishes the clinical, practical education over 48 hours under the control of the specialist recognized by the Association.
④ The person who passes the qualification Examination of the Association's qualification supervision committee.
7. Qualification Examination and Subject
The Association must decide the form and the subject of the qualification according to the kinds of the certification.
8. The Operation Regulations of the Qualification Examination
The operation regulation of the qualification examination should follow each course's therapist qualification examination operation regulations.
CharterⅢ: Qualification Maintenance
9. The Obligation of the Continuing Education
The person who acquires each kind's of certification should attend at the continuing education. But, just in case that can not attend at the education, he or she should present the paper of the reason before or after.
10. The Observance Obligation of the Ethics Principles
The person who acquires the certifications should obey the ethics principles that Qualification Management Committee decides.
But, in case of violating those, the Committee can deprive the person of the competence.
11. The Obligation of the payment of the Association Fee
The person who acquires the certification should pay association fee and issue fee of the certification that the association decides.
CharterⅣ: Qualification Inspection Committee
12. The Qualification Inspection Organization
The Qualification Inspection Committee should be constituted by over 3 members of the committee and the president of the association can constitute the organization and appoint the members.
13. The Qualification of the Qualification Inspection Member of Committee
The Board of Directors appoint the qualification Inspection Members. .