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Our inaugural meeting of AMCAP UK was held at the Hyde Park Chapel, South Kensington, London, on 10 November 2007. People interested in counseling and being involved with AMCAP were notified via a short article placed in the central pages of the Ensign in August 2007. These pages carry news of LDS members specifically within the United Kingdom.
There was a good response to the article with 26 people, including two general practitioners who are interested in and supportive of counseling, attending the inaugural meeting. Also in attendance were two members out of the three counselors who currently work for LDS Family Services in the UK.
There were three excellent presentations as well as a keynote address by President Brian Martin, Poole England Stake President, who said what a great blessing it was to now have this organization in the UK. He believed it would become a tremendous resource and support to bishops and stake
presidents here in our nation.
A business meeting was held in which the way forward for AMCAP UK was discussed. Nine attendees offered help in some way for the future as well as from Marion Allen and Rosa Hubbard-Ford, current co-ordinators.
It was noted that many people had travelled from north, south, east and west within the UK, and shared enthusiasm about future meetings.
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Rosa Hubbard-Ford, Area Coordinator
MA, Dip. Couns. Psych., MBACP (Accred.), MABCH, MCA Hyp., MIW, Dip. ITEC., DLC.
E-mail:
rosa@amcap.co.uk
In addition to being the AMCAP UK Area Co-ordinator, Rosa is also in the final stages of completing her Doctorate in Psychotherapy by Professional Studies at the Metanoia Institute, London, in conjunction with the University of Middlesex focusing on Child Sexual Abuse.
Rosa has made two presentations at AMCAP conventions in Utah, the first in September 2006 and the most recent in March 2007, and has held a seminar called 'Counseling to Coaching - Spot the Difference' and the HACP seminar in October 2007.
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