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TheWorld Council for Psychotherapy is anNGO with consultative status at theEconomic and Social Council of theUnited Nations.[1] It was founded in 1995, has itsheadquarters inVienna, 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 principles in the Strasbourg Declaration on Psychotherapy in 1990), to improve the conditions of patients, to cooperate with national andinternational organizations to improvecrisis management and peacekeeping, and to unify world training standards. Members are both psychotherapists and organizations. President of the WCP is Alfred Pritz.[2]
The World Certificate for Psychotherapy (WCPC) is only awarded on the basis of recognized psychotherapy training and aims to encourage mobility within theprofession. Each year, together with the city of Vienna, the Council awards the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy.
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