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"We are only as strong as we are united, and we are as weak as we are divided."
2.1 Introduction and Background to the Development of EAC Training Standards
The EAC has got a working group called 'Professional Training Standards and Accreditation Committee' (PTSAC).
This statement reflects the guiding philosophy for the work of the PTSAC.
The Professional Training Standards and Accreditation Committee's prime task is to acknowledge, respect, and address the tremendous differences within the countries in Europe and avoid all political efforts to make the EAC a representative of any single part of Europe.
The professional standards as developed should therefore be open to differences in:
• dimensions of country / culture
• relationship between counselling and psychotherapy
• individual versus organisational counselling
• state-of-the-art developments
• the extent to which different theoretical orientations are valued
2.2 Training Standards Guidelines
Establishing the standards to suit so many different countries proved to be a tricky balance. Some pushed for higher standards, and others wanted lower standards. It was clear that countries in which there were no agreed upon standards wanted lower standards. Eventually, the categories of European counsellor training standards were decided upon by the founding committee.