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International issues in Counseling have drawn considerable interest in the past two decades. Pedersen and Leong (1997) outlined the global need for counseling as a result of urbanization and modernization throughout the world. The twelfth edition of Counselor Preparation (Schweiger, Henderson, & Clawson, 2008) was the first in the series to offer a chapter about counselor training outside of the U.S. The literature specific to the Counseling profession in the United Kingdom and Ireland-specifically related to counselor preparation-is somewhat limited. According to Syme (1994), counseling in Britain dates back to the 1940s. Initially such training was limited to priests, youth workers, and volunteers of the National Marriage Guidance Council. University counseling courses started in the 1950s. Various accreditation bodies exist in this region. Among UK programs, two foremost organizations are the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and the United Kingdom and European Association for Psychotherapeutic Counselling (UKEAPC). In Ireland, the National Centre for Guidance and Education (NCGE), an agency of the Irish Department of Education and Science, offers support in the development of guidance practice. The purpose of this study was to examine counselor preparation at selected A b s t r a c t This article describes six counseling programs at institutions in England and Ireland: Cork Institute of Technology; the University of East Anglia; the University of Cambridge; the University of Limerick; The University of Manchester; and West Suffolk College. It also discusses common and differentiating themes with counselor training in the U.S. January 30th, 2011 John McCarthy C ounselor P reparation in E ngland and I reland : A L ook at S ix P rograms TPC Digest Go To Article