World Council for Psychotherapy
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The World Council for Psychotherapy
(World Association for Psychotherapy) is an NGO with consultative status at the Economic and Social Council
of the United Nations
. It was founded in 1995, has its headquarters in Vienna and holds a World Congress every three years, with more than a thousand participants.
The main objectives of the association are the promotion of Psychotherapy on all continents (based on the Strasbourg Declaration on Psychotherapy in 1990), to improve the conditions of patients, to cooperate with national and international organizations to improve crisis management and peacekeeping, and to unify world training standards. Members are both psychotherapists and organizations. President of the WCP is Alfred Pritz.
The World Certificate for Psychotherapy (WCPC) is only awarded on the basis of recognized psychotherapy training and aims to encourage mobility within the profession. Each year, together with the city of Vienna
, the Council awards the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy.
(World Association for Psychotherapy) is an NGO with consultative status at the Economic and Social Council
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations constitutes one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and it is responsible for the coordination of the economic, social and related work of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and five regional commissions...
of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. It was founded in 1995, has its headquarters in Vienna and holds a World Congress every three years, with more than a thousand participants.
The main objectives of the association are the promotion of Psychotherapy on all continents (based on the Strasbourg Declaration on Psychotherapy in 1990), to improve the conditions of patients, to cooperate with national and international organizations to improve crisis management and peacekeeping, and to unify world training standards. Members are both psychotherapists and organizations. President of the WCP is Alfred Pritz.
The World Certificate for Psychotherapy (WCPC) is only awarded on the basis of recognized psychotherapy training and aims to encourage mobility within the profession. Each year, together with the city of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the Council awards the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy.
World Congress for Psychotherapy
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Literature
- Alfred Pritz (Ed.): Globalized Psychotherapy. Universitätsverlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85076-605-5.
- Ganesh Shankar: Psychotherapy. Yoga and traditional Therapies of East and West. Jagdama Publ., New Delhi 2004, ISBN 81-887-8009-X.