ACTA is Alberta’s coordinated regulatory voice for the counselling profession.
Established to prepare the profession for statutory regulation under Alberta’s Health Professions Act, ACTA advances thoughtful, system-aligned regulation in partnership with Government.
Our mandate is public protection through statutory regulation.
We organize and prepare counsellors for that regulatory framework while contributing profession-specific expertise to workforce planning and regulatory design to ensure effective integration within Alberta’s evolving health system.
NEW:
ACTA 2026 Counselling Therapy/Psychotherapy Alberta Workforce Survey Results
To every counselling therapist and psychotherapist who took part in our 2026 Workforce Survey — thank you! 💙
The response was incredible, and it made all the difference. Because so many of you shared your experience, we are able to paint a full, evidence-based picture of Alberta's counselling therapy and psychotherapy workforce: who we are, the clinical services we provide, and the difference regulation would make for Albertans.
We had the privilege of presenting the survey findings to the Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Workforce Advisory Committee. It has been a meaningful opportunity to show the strength, readiness, and potential of the counselling therapy/psychotherapy workforce to contribute its full scope of practice, within every pillar of the recovery-oriented system, from prevention through recovery. We’ve also had the chance to hear from government and other stakeholders about the range of mental health and addiction challenges playing out across the province, as we consider relevant, actionable solutions together.
ACTA leaders will continue to use the survey data to inform the committee’s work into the fall, as it looks more closely at regulation.
The survey findings tell a powerful story: Alberta already has a substantial, trained mental health and addiction workforce, ready to expand access to care — and regulation is what unlocks that capacity.
Want to see for yourself? We've published two summaries — our full Workforce Report and our Indigenous Workforce Survey Brief — along with the presentation slides, on our website: acta-alberta.ca
Thank you again to everyone who participated. This is what moving the profession forward, together, looks like. 💙
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Full Minister’s message from February 5th, 2026….
Albertans deserve access to professional and consistent mental health and addiction services across all health professions. To advise on current and future workforce needs of the Alberta Recovery Model, I have formed the Mental Health and Addiction (MHA) Recovery Workforce Advisory Committee.
Our government remains committed to regulating the counselling profession and working collaboratively with the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (ACTA) on a clear and effective path forward to make that happen.
As a valued partner, I look forward to ACTA contributing profession-specific insight and valuable information to support this work.
