Recognition, Regulation, Registration.

Abstract

More than a decade after the passage of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 it is undecided whether counselling will become a stateregulated profession. This article focuses on three directions potentially available to NZAC and its members: state regulation; the current status quo as a selfmanaging organisation; or self-regulation with a measure of state approval. It argues that counsellors need to be pragmatic in deciding which to support, since government policy considerations will influence the success of any direction we choose to take. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)