Research Guides: MA Counseling: Counseling Associations

Associations

The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, ACA is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings.

Counseling Today
Counseling Today is a website and monthly magazine published by the American Counseling Association.

Counseling Today is a resource of news and in-depth features about the world of professional counseling: effective techniques/strategies, federal/state regulation, developments in the profession, counselor wellness, and counseling resources.

Our vision is to position clinical mental health counselors to meet the health care needs of those we serve while advancing the profession.

Journal of Mental Health Counseling
Addresses concerns of mental health counselors in private practice, community agencies, business and industry, and rehabilitation who deal with issues such as family counseling and substance abuse.

ASERVIC is an organization of counselors and human development professionals who believe that spiritual, ethical, and religious values are essential to the overall development of the person and are committed to integrating these values into the counseling process.

Counseling and Values Journal
Counseling and Values is the official journal of the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC), formerly the Association for Religious and Values Issues in Counseling (ARVIC), a division of the American Counseling Association.