Welcome Counselors
As a professional counselor or counselor educator, you are the linchpin to helping clients and students with the challenges that they face each and every day. For more than fifty years, the American Counseling Association has dedicated itself to helping you with the resources, services, products and information you need to be successful.
'ACA Is Where You Belong' - Discover ACA Student Membership
In an effort to assist you with your student presentations, ACA has assembled the following PowerPoint presentation, "Discover ACA Student Membership". In addition to the PowerPoint presentation, we have developed "Talking Points" to assist you in your presentation. Read more...
VISTAS
VISTAS is an innovative publication produced by ACA as a means of capturing the ideas, information, and experiences generated by the annual ACA conventions. VISTAS Online contains the full text of all 216 articles published to date. Visit our VISTAS Online page to view these articles.
Continuing Education at ACA
Find out how you can develop professionally and receive continuing education credit by taking an Online Program, Home Study Program, attending Learning Institutes and/or Education Session or contribute to the profession by being a presenter.
Visit ACA's Professional Development page for details on all these programs.
ACA Public Policy Resources – access information on state student-to-counselor ratios, school counseling research, loan forgiveness, counselor certification/licensure requirements, mental health professions statistics, mental health/school counseling funding opportunities, how to communicate with legislators, FERPA, and more!