ACA Announces the 2020 ACA Fellows

The American Counseling Association and the American Counseling Association Foundation are pleased to announce the 2020 ACA Fellows.

This year, thirteen (13) counselors were granted ACA Fellows status, the highest honor awarded by the American Counseling Association. The award recipients will be recognized at the in San Diego, April 16 – 19, 2020.

The American Counseling Association thanks everyone who participated in this year’s ACA Awards program—the judges/reviewers, nominators and all who were nominated or applied for the awards—and offers warm congratulations to the winners!


Larry Ashley, EdS, LPC, LMSW
Mary Hermann, PhD
Erik M Hines, PhD
Michael M Kocet, PhD, LMHC, NCC, ACS
Simone Lambert, PhD, LPC, NCC
John Laux, PhD
Matthew Lemberger-Truelove, PhD
Ana Puig, PhD, NCC, LMHC
Lori Russell-Chapin, NCC, LCPC, ACS, CCMHC, BCN, PhD
Len Sperry, PhD
Shawn L Spurgeon, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC, ACS
Laura E Welfare, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS
Susannah Margaret Wood, PhD