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Getting to know your Executive Committee (part 1)
Bios and Profiles of MACP Board Members
Carmen Galea – President
Carmen Galea is a school counsellor in the primary & secondary schools within a College,
with a special interest in family therapy, play therapy techniques & sandplay. As a
visiting lecturer at the University of Malta she addresses issues of child abuse & neglect
to undergrads and introduces basic counselling skills to MCouns students. She is the
President of the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession (MACP) and a founding
member on the Management Committee of Home-Start Malta. She is the membership
chair of the International Association for Counselling (IAC) and the co-ordinator of the Hans Hoxter Fund
offered by IAC
Vivien Cassar – Vice President MACP
Vivien Cassar is a retired school counsellor. Her areas of expertise are working with children
and parents; adult training in personal and social skills. She is a member on various
boards including the Executive Council of MACP, St Jean Antide Foundation (NGO). Offers
her services as a counsellor in the community through the above Foundation.
Paul Cutajar - Secretary MACP
After qualifying as a School Counsellor in 2006, Mr Paul Cutajar joined the team of
counsellors at the Secretariat for Catholic Education. Furthermore, given his postgraduate
training in Systemic Practices, since 2002, he also works with families within
the local government social work agency, SEDQA. Therefore his main areas of interest
are counselling children and adolescents, and also individual and family counselling. In
addition to his qualifications in counselling and systemic practices, Mr Cutajar holds a
post-graduate certificate in education, an Honours Degree in Theology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy,
Psychology and Sociology. He has also completed his Master Degree in Counselling, with a specialization
in Health Counselling.
Louiselle Grech – Vice Secretary MACP
Besides being a qualified PSD teacher (BA Psychology & Social Studies; PGCE Lifeskills),
Louiselle currently holds the post of Acting Counsellor at St Margaret College. She is
responsible for the Counselling and Guidance duties of both a Primary and Secondary
School of the College. Although she has worked with children for the past three
years and with adolescents for the last eighteen years, other areas of interest include
reminiscence work and the elderly. In addition to a Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Louiselle holds a
Diploma Social Work and a Diploma in School Counselling. She has also just completed a four year part
time Master’s course in Counselling with the University of Malta.
Dr Ruth Falzon – Treasurer MACP
Dr Ruth Falzon is a lecturer within the Department of Counselling at the University of
Malta . Her areas of expertise include Personal and Social Development (PSD) and Learning
Disabilities/Specific Learning Difficulties. She designs and coordinates the PSD teacher-training
programmes and PSD modules at the University of Malta. Her publications
and research interests include studies on PSD, Emotional Literacy, dyslexia and quality of
life, and counselling skills and dyslexia. Dr Falzon is treasurer of the International Association for Counselling
and the Malta Association for the Counselling Profession; a member of the executive councils of the
Malta Dyslexia Association and Homestart Malta; and president of the Association for Professionals in
Learning Disabilities and her community primary school. ruth.falzon@um.edu.mt.
(to be continued)
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