Pastoral care and counseling professionals need to have current research and empirical knowledge of issues and findings in counseling. Many care and counseling professional organizations provide recent research and information pertinent to the care and counseling fields. To increase your knowledge, choose one professional counseling organization listed in the syllabus. Research the organization and identify essential elements, i.e., history, mission & strategic plan, membership, job opportunities, an annual conference, contact information, journals, code of ethics, etc. Use the information you found and write a 2 – 4-page paper, double-spaced to illustrate the knowledge you gained from this activity.
Below are the following Professional Care and Counseling Organizations to choose from:
American Counseling Association (ACA)
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE)
Association for Assessment and Counseling in Education (AACE)
Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA)
Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC)
Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues in counseling (ALGBTIC)
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (SERVICE)
Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW)
Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)
Counselors for Social justice (CSJ)
American College Counseling Association (ACCA)
Association for Counselors and Educators in Government (ACEG)
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
American Rehabilitation Counselors Association (ARCA)
American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
International Association of Addiction and Offender Counseling (AAOC)
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (AMFC)
National Career Development Association (NCDA)
National Employment Counseling Association (NECA)
