Announcements
Thinking About Online Counselling Training?
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Fee increase announcement (From June 1st)
Membership Fees From June 1st 2021, ACTO is introducing a small increase in its membership fees to keep pace with inflation. They are as follows:Level 1 Member from £38.75 to £40 Level 2 Professional Member (including directory) from £56.75...
Volunteers wanted
We have been listening to you and we would like to give the members more input. Over the next two months the website will be completely overhauled by a professional designer. We want to do this well, so we are forming a small website working group. It will be headed...
We are now seeking a website developer to help us take the next steps
ACTO is growing. We are now seeking a website developer to help us take the next steps ACTO has grown significantly over the past 12 months, as many more counsellors and therapists have moved to working online. We now wish to redevelop our website and are seeking a...
As the online world changes, ACTO has responded
As always, we welcome as "ACTO Professional Members", therapists who have completed tutor-led, assessed ‘Certificate" courses (Level 2). We now also welcome as ACTO Members therapists who have done (unassisted) Level 1 CPD courses around online therapy. ACTO also...
Looking for an exciting new opportunity?
Looking for an exciting new opportunity? The world of online counselling and psychotherapy is changing – and you can help to shape it by joining our team of directors on the ACTO Board ACTO is always on the look-out for talent and energy to join the Board of...
BLACK LIVES MATTER
ACTO wishes to align itself with “Black Lives Matter” – this powerful cry of outrage, of despair, of anguish and of injustice. As therapists working interpersonally, inter-culturally and internationally, we reject all forms of discrimination and will work to expose,...
ACTO Guidance on Security and Privacy for Therapists Providing Online Therapy During the COVID-19 Crisis
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ACTO Winter 2020 Newsletter
ACTO membership fee increase structure
ACTO membership fee increase structure In 2016 the Board of Directors learned that the membership fees had not risen since 2008, which went a long way to explain why the finances available for development and projects were extremely limited. At that time the...
Board of Directors’ Interim Statement of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in websites and apps used in mental health
The Board of Directors has begun to consider the issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role in mental health care, whether through apps for mental health or psychotherapy websites. This is a provisional statement pending a far larger piece of work including a...
Obituary Jacqui Atkinson
This week news reached us that our member Jacqui Atkinson [Knott] has passed away. Despite some health issues her passing was unexpected. For many of you Jacqui’s name will be a familiar one. She was one of the people who helped spread online therapy in the UK. Jacqui...