Practitioners listed in a new Directory of Accredited Counsellors and Therapists of the Irish Association for Counselling and Therapy (IACT) comply with the criteria necessary to become an IACT acccredited counsellor, says the IACT. The "growing demand for counsellors and counselling in our schools, hospitals, prisons and primary health-care settings is evidence of the expressed need of people and communities," it adds. Further information from (01) 230. 0061 or e-mail iact@irish-counselling.ie.