Membership

Aims & Objectives of Membership

The membership structure of ICCOON aims:

To recognize and accommodate the aspirations, professional needs, and challenges of her members and offer better platforms that can help advance their objectives.

To promote the training and development of counseling skills of members.

To provide and promote opportunities for continuing professional development.

To achieve access to quality psychotherapy services for Africans across cultures at all stages of the lifespan.

To foster a community of ethically guided professionals.

To build a strong quest for healthy competitive growth and professionalism in Counseling

To provide a badge of recognition for members as competent and dependable helpers.

To uphold the mission and vision of the Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria.

Achieve recognition for Professional Counseling in Nigeria and beyond.

Advocate and sensitize on the subject of mental health counseling.

To build a strong quest for healthy competitive growth and professionalism in Counseling.

Promote continuing professional development for its members, and forge stronger relationships among them.

Render services to society.

Educate Nigerians about the skills and qualifications of professional counselors.

Build a strong relationship among members and the Management of the Institute of Counseling in Nigeria.

Ensure professionalism and regulations of counseling practice.

Build a formidable community of professionals in the helping profession

Foster growth and development of the counseling profession in Nigeria and Africa.

Ensure up-to-date practice through support for research and exposure to new developments in the counseling practice.

Uphold the mission and vision of the Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria in Nigeria.

Implement any strategies that will benefit the Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria in Nigeria.

Achieve access to quality psychotherapy services for Nigerians across cultures at all stages of the life span.

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision at The Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria is to be the first call for mental health counseling, training, intervention, and sensitization by helping individuals towards optimal functionality and establishing a mentally aware society.

To lead the campaign for a mentally healthy society by training professional helpers and providing professional interventions in various fields of counseling and psychotherapy while ensuring and regulating professional standards and ethically guided practice.

MISSION STATEMENT

Becoming part of ICCOON Membership confirms the willingness of professional Counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and others in the helping profession to be bound by the rules and regulations guiding ethical practices and the world’s best standard of professional counseling practice. The purpose of the Membership Program of The Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria is to promote the aims and objectives of the Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria; encourage the development of research and learning of counseling; contribute to the upliftment of counseling in society, promote the ethical conduct of its members, forge stronger relationships and ties among her members and make the counseling professional a standardized and well regulated one while promoting the growth and sustainability of Institute of Chartered Counselors of Nigeria and its activities.

ICOON Membership Categories

We understand the importance of continuous professional development, and therefore, becoming a member of the institute gives you the benefit of becoming part of a growing network of professional counselors who through the institute has acquired knowledge and materials that have helped them to climb to the peak of the ladder in their career. You will also have access to mentoring and up-to-date materials in the field of counseling and psychotherapy skills and practices.