THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS CONFERENCE
Annual Professional Counselors & Therapists Conference
The Annual Professional Counselors & Therapists Conference is a professional event packed with amazing networking opportunities, cutting-edge insights, and career-boosting sessions. The conference is a yearly rejuvenating initiative, dedicated to helping counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and everyone in the helping profession grow in professional development, personal wholeness, healthy relationships, counseling effectiveness, and professional networking among like-minded.
The Conference offers a rare and valuable venue for practitioners to Network, and seek healthy refuge from the fast-paced lifestyles prevalent in contemporary society. At these relaxing and empowering retreats, counselors can nourish and revitalize bodies, minds, and psyches away from work, to attain or regain high levels of personal and professional wellness. It also offers opportunities for continuous professional development with enriching and educative conferences.
We shall be having trailblazers in the field of mental health and helping professionals from all over the world to lead our panels and speaking sessions. They shall be talking taking us through a professional ride on all the latest innovations, theories, interventions, and developments in the field of counseling and psychotherapy.
Benefits Of The Annual Conference
- Help Counselors & Therapist in professional development.
- Networking opportnuities with other progfessionals for practice improvemnet.
- Helps practitioners Decompress and Release Stress
- Offers practitioners a space to rejuvenate in a supportive environment
- Opportunity for practitioners to practice health-enhancing exercise
- Enables practitioners to Spend Time with Like-Minded People
- Helps practitioners to run take a break from the personal and professional daily grind
Our Vision Statement
The Conference offers a place of education, networking, education, rest and peace, as well as a place of privacy and healing in a confidential community with every part of the environment designed considering the unique pressures and challenges of the helping profession.
Our Mission Statement
The Conference works together with practitioners to identify and understand the current issues in their professional and personal lives. We then provide the necessary tools and counsel to better understand and care for your emotional, social, and psychological needs.
Abstract Submission
2025 Conference Theme: Reshaping Africa Future Through Professional Counseling
We are pleased to announce a call for abstract submissions for the upcoming Professional Counselors & Therapists Conference, which will explore the transformative role of professional counseling in building a resilient and thriving Africa.
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As Africa continues to face challenges and opportunities across sectors, the importance of mental health and well-being cannot be overstated. Professional counseling has the potential to address key social, economic, and psychological barriers while empowering individuals, families, and communities to unlock their full potential. This event provides a platform for thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to share innovative ideas, practices, and research contributing to reshaping Africa’s future through counseling.
Submission Guidelines
•Abstract Length: 250–300 words
•Format: Word document or PDF, 12-point font, Times New Roman, single spacing.
•Language: English.
•Deadline for Submission: 31st of January 2025
•Notification of Acceptance: 27th Of February 2025.
Submission Guidelines
•Oral presentations
•Poster presentations
•Panel discussions
Topics Of Interest
We invite abstract submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following areas:
•Innovations in counseling approaches tailored to African contexts.
•The role of counseling in addressing youth unemployment and entrepreneurship.
•Mental health in post-conflict and trauma-affected regions.
•Counseling for women and marginalized communities: Challenges and solutions.
•Integrating counseling into education, healthcare, and workplace systems.
•Technology and digital tools in advancing counseling services.
•Cultural perspectives and their influence on counseling practices in Africa.
•Policy and advocacy for mental health and counseling development in Africa.
How To Submit
How to Submit
Email your abstract to conference@instituteofcounseling.org with the subject line: Abstract Submission – [Your Topic/Area]. Please include the following details in your email:
•Full name and affiliation
•Title of the abstract
•Contact details (email and phone number)
Why Participate?
•Share your expertise and contribute to a crucial dialogue.
•Network with professionals and stakeholders from across Africa and beyond.
•Influence policies and practices that prioritize mental health and counseling.
For more information, please contact conference@instituteofcounseling.org
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Together, let us champion the role of counseling in reshaping Africa’s future!
