The Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy was founded in 2011 We started with one course in integrative psychotherapy in Romania, with a small group of 8 students … but in 2024 we had over 400 students. In 2017 we organized the first trainings in child psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and coaching and in 2019 we started our expressive psychotherapy programme.
We are accredited by the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), the European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (EAIP), the European Interdisciplinary Association for Therapeutic Services for Children and Young People (EIATSCYP) and European Association of Hypno-psychotherapy (EAHP).
Our Vision
We want to create a training institute that provides professional training for psychotherapists, bringing together under the same umbrella several psychotherapeutic approaches, in the spirit of integration in psychotherapy. We also want to create a wide European collaboration, promoting collegiality and multiculturalism in Europe.
Our Mission
Become a centre of excellence for psychotherapy training programs in Europe.
Expand the field of psychotherapy and offer a multicultural approach.
Support research and development of professional knowledge in the field of psychotherapy.
Educate the individuals on the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
Support publications in the field of psychotherapy.
ACCPI Departments
The Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy is organized in the following departments:
1. The training department
Training in psychotherapy takes place over 5 years, with training modules organized monthly. In order to become a psychotherapist you need to study a theoretical and practical training programme, have an adequate level of personal development and develop a supervised clinical practice. The training in psychotherapy carried out within the Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy ensures all these essential components of training for psychotherapists. Training programs in psychotherapy include basic and advanced training, a personal development programme, as well as supervision of clinical practice.
Read more about the training committee
2. Research Department
Research is organized in the form of research programs. Each program has a regulation and is run by one or more program directors. The program directors organize research activity in collaboration with professionals from home and abroad, ACCPI students being involved as research assistants or researchers in these programs.
3. Department of Art Education
Psychotherapy is both an art and a science. In addition to cognitive, logical, rational skills, the psychotherapist needs to develop his/her creative and non-conformist skills to use both the left and right brain hemispheres when working with the client on a verbal and non-verbal level. For this reason, we believe that art education of psychotherapists is of paramount importance in professional development.
Our amateur theatre company presents three or four plays every year, and we organize movie nights and various art and creativity courses.
Read more about our Theatre Company
4. Department of Ethics and Deontology
Being a psychotherapist implies ethical clinical practice and respect for professional deontology. To support the psychotherapists who are members of our association, the ethics and deontology department offers consultancy regarding ethical practice.