Professional Counseling Organizations, Licensure,
Certification and Accreditation: Chapter 2
ACA -
-American Counseling Association
-ACA speaks to and for professional counselors across all settings and specialties
-World's largest organization for counselors
Passion Divisions -
-focus on areas of expertise and topics of interest
Work setting division -
-focus on the various specialties and specific work settings
Most popular passion division -
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
Each state has their own board for which working division? -
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
American College Counseling Association (ACCA) -
Focuses on professional counselors who provide service at institutions of higher education and
fosters student development in colleges, universities and technical and community college settings
American Mental Health Counselors (AMHCA) -
Mission: To use education, advocacy, licensing and professional development to improve the
profession of mental health counseling
American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) -
, Focuses on promoting excellence in professional rehab counseling, research, consultation, and
professional development in order to enhance the development of people with disabilities throughout
their life span
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) -
-Advocates and expands the image and influence of professional school counselors
-work with students, educators, parents, and community members to provide a positive learning
environment.
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) -
-The home for both counselor educators and professional counselors who provide supervision
-Advocates for quality graduate education and supervision of counselors in all work settings
-Doctorate students
Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC) -
From art and dance therapy to creativity in psychotherapy (not billable in every state)
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC) -
Based on the philosophical principles of the humanistic approach to counseling, its mission is to
focus on way to empower and advocate for the client in order to make a difference (not a lot of room
for spirituality)
Association for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) -
Has fought hard to be recognized by the ACA and other divisions as an organization to promote
awareness rather than an association based on member sexual orientation
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) -
-Works to improve cultural, ethnic and racial understanding in counseling
-Aims to defend human and civil rights, while also ensuring that those rights remain a major focus for
the ACA and its divisions
Certification and Accreditation: Chapter 2
ACA -
-American Counseling Association
-ACA speaks to and for professional counselors across all settings and specialties
-World's largest organization for counselors
Passion Divisions -
-focus on areas of expertise and topics of interest
Work setting division -
-focus on the various specialties and specific work settings
Most popular passion division -
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
Each state has their own board for which working division? -
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
American College Counseling Association (ACCA) -
Focuses on professional counselors who provide service at institutions of higher education and
fosters student development in colleges, universities and technical and community college settings
American Mental Health Counselors (AMHCA) -
Mission: To use education, advocacy, licensing and professional development to improve the
profession of mental health counseling
American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA) -
, Focuses on promoting excellence in professional rehab counseling, research, consultation, and
professional development in order to enhance the development of people with disabilities throughout
their life span
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) -
-Advocates and expands the image and influence of professional school counselors
-work with students, educators, parents, and community members to provide a positive learning
environment.
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) -
-The home for both counselor educators and professional counselors who provide supervision
-Advocates for quality graduate education and supervision of counselors in all work settings
-Doctorate students
Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC) -
From art and dance therapy to creativity in psychotherapy (not billable in every state)
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC) -
Based on the philosophical principles of the humanistic approach to counseling, its mission is to
focus on way to empower and advocate for the client in order to make a difference (not a lot of room
for spirituality)
Association for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) -
Has fought hard to be recognized by the ACA and other divisions as an organization to promote
awareness rather than an association based on member sexual orientation
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD) -
-Works to improve cultural, ethnic and racial understanding in counseling
-Aims to defend human and civil rights, while also ensuring that those rights remain a major focus for
the ACA and its divisions
