New Zealand's first Advanced Certificate programme commenced - practicum held in Wellington, June 1998, with Professor Stephen Palmer from the UK Centre for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. Professor Palmer also presented a Primary Certificate in Stress Management course which attracted a high level of interest from NZ practitioners. The New Zealand Centre is pleased to announce that Dr. Palmer has agreed to become a Consultant Director of the Centre. The practicum for the first New Zealand Primary Certificate Course took place at Hastings in July. The course was fully booked out with a large waiting list.
Enrolments are already well advanced.
Cognitive-behaviour therapy continues to receive growing recognition in New Zealand. Central Health, for example, has recently called for expressions of interest from established training suppliers for the provision specifically of CBT training. Their second Primary Certificate practicum has recently been held in Belgrade. 31st Conference of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies will be held in Istanbul, 11-15 September 2001. Albert Ellis continues to globetrot, presenting in England, France, Germany Spain, Iceland, Seattle, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.