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- EIN 53-0211350
- (703) 823-9800
- 2461 Eisenhower Ave Ste 300 Alexandria VA 22314-4684 USA
- www.counseling.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The mission of the american counseling association is to enhance the quality of life in society by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity.
Programs: Subscriptions and publications:twelve issues of counseling today, aca's flagship publication, and four issues of aca's journal of counseling and development were published and distributed to 56,000 members and 12,000 institutions and libraries. Sales of aca books and video benefit countless counseling professionals and members of the public by sharing knowledge and insights regarding mental health, career development, addiction, professional ethics and more.
membership:recruitment and retention of counseling professionals who are required to abide by the aca code of ethics. Internal specialty groups include: counselors for social justice, association for creativity in counseling, american college counseling association and association for children and adolescent counseling. S with colleagues, bestow awards and more.
conferences and meetings:the annual conference was held in montreal in march 2016, providing a forum for more than 3,500 members and non-members to attend timely education sessions, earn continuing education certificates for licensure requirements, network and share.