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    Learn About Counseling

    Professional counselors help people gain personal insights, develop strategies and come up with real-life solutions to the problems and challenges they face in every area of life.

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    • Counselor Stories
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  • Membership

    Membership

    ACA is a community dedicated to the advancement of the counseling profession, mental health and well-being. More than 60,000 members strong, we are the largest membership organization serving the counseling profession.

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    ACA advocates for its members and the counseling profession on a range of issues. We educate policymakers, advocate for policies, support state-level advocacy efforts of ACA branches and elevate member voices.

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      • Medicare Coverage for Counseling
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    ACA events provide spaces that allow professional counselors to share, learn and connect with their peers and colleagues, no matter their career stage or workplace setting.

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    ACA publishes research, educational texts, professional development resources, and other works that amplify and elevate the counseling field.

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      • Journal of Counseling & Development
      • The Career Development Quarterly
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      • Journal of Addictions & Justice-Involved Counseling
      • Journal of Employment Counseling
      • The Journal of Humanistic Counseling
      • The Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
    • Counseling Nexus
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    Ethics & Resources

    ACA offers an array of resources to help counselors in their daily work, including the ACA Code of Ethics; licensure and career resources; and practice briefs.

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    About ACA

    ACA is the largest professional organization serving counselors and counselors in training in the U.S. Learn more about our history, mission, leadership and ways to partner and work with us.

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Counselor Stories

Meet Our Members

Meet Our Members

ACA members work in communities and across workplace settings — including in private practice, local and national agencies, schools and as educators — to provide individuals with the support and tools they need to thrive. Check out these interviews with our members to learn more about how they work to make a difference every day. 

MEMBER SHOWCASE

Clark D. Ausloos, PhD, LPC, LPCC

Clark D. Ausloos, PhD, LPC, LPCC, is the owner of Clark D. Ausloos, LLC. He’s an assistant professor of counseling at Oakland University in Michigan. He’s also the president of the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex and Gender Expansive Identities.

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Counselor Stories

Maggie Morganfield Parker, PhD, LPC, RPT-S
Maggie Morganfield Parker, PhD, LPC, RPT-S

Associate Professor

Yvonne Garcia
Yvonne Pozos Garcia, EMT-P, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Hayley Stulmaker
Hayley Stulmaker, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S
Kerri Legette McCullough
Kerri Legette McCullough, EdD, LPC, LCPC, LCMHC, NCC, RN

Owner

Isabel Farrell, PhD, LPC, NCC
Isabel Farrell, PhD, LPC, NCC

Associate Professor

Alexis Duggan
Alexis Duggan

American Rehabilitation Counseling Association

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Victor Abalos

Intern Counselor

Monica P. Band, EdD, LPC
Monica P. Band, EdD, LPC

Owner & Mental Health Advocate

Tiffany Brannon
Tiffany Brannon, PhD

Program Manager

Gerald Corey, EdD, ABPP
Gerald Corey, EdD, ABPP

Author, Consultant, Counselor Educator, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Counseling

Amanda DeDiego, PhD
Amanda DeDiego, PhD, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, ASC

Owner of DeDiego Counseling and Consulting, LLC

Katherine DeStefano, PhD, LPC
Katherine DeStefano, PhD, LPC

Founder

Dogus Duran MEd
Doğuş Duran, MEd

Lecturer/Part-Time Faculty

Amanda M. Evans, PhD

Professor

Seneka Gainer Ph.D.
Seneka Gainer, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT, NCC

Assistant Professor

Sujata Ives, PhD, GCDFI
Sujata Ives, PhD, GCDFI

Employment Counselor and Global Workplace Consultant

Lawrence T. Jones, LCPC, LPC
Lawrence T. Jones, LCPC, LPC

Owner of Achieve It Counseling & Consulting

Dodie Limberg PhD
Dodie Limberg, PhD

Associate Professor

Illiana Navarra-Bueno, LPC
Illiana Navarra-Bueno, LPC

Doctoral student and graduate research assistant

Monica Zozone Osburn, PhD, LCMHCS
Monica Zozone Osburn, PhD, LCMHCS

Executive Director of the Counseling Center and Prevention Services

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