An Open Letter from the ACA President and President-Elect
Cirecie West-Olatunji and Robert Smith address recent changes to the counseling profession. **** The past few years have been significant for the counseling profession. Among other advancements, we...
View ArticleI want what I’m worth
This past May, I stumbled out of my university’s basement counseling clinic and into the sunlight. The unremitting winter had spanned my work as a doctoral intern as I supervised master’s students,...
View ArticleUnethical supervision practices and student vulnerability
During my practicum and internship in a private practice several years ago, I remember often looking up on the wall at the doctorate degree diploma hanging beside my supervisor’s desk. (I’ll refer to...
View Article20/20 organizations endorse licensure title, scope of practice for counseling...
The 20/20 Building Blocks to Portability Project recently concluded with widespread endorsement of both a single licensure title for counselors and a scope of practice for professional counseling. Of...
View ArticleA steadying hand
Receiving supervision is an experience common to all counselors. Some view it as little more than an experience to be endured — another box to be ticked off the list in pursuit of a counseling degree...
View ArticleAddressing counseling’s portability crisis
It’s a frustrating scenario that happens all too often. A counselor moves to a new state and finds that although she has been practicing and licensed for years (or sometimes even decades), she doesn’t...
View ArticleState licensing boards asked to adopt uniform scope of practice, licensure title
This summer, state licensing boards across the United States are being asked to accept both a uniform scope of practice and a common licensure title for professional counselors as part of an effort to...
View ArticleWanted: Inclusive licensure process for clinicians with difficult life...
Licensure is a “rite of passage” for most mental health professionals. When new professionals graduate with either a master’s or doctorate in counseling, they usually have great expectations of taking...
View ArticleUnderstanding how counselors are regulated
The mission of occupational licensing boards is public protection. In essence, that means a licensing board exists to ensure that unqualified persons do not practice in a profession. Licensing boards...
View ArticleCounselor licensing board to be established in U.S. Virgin Islands
Counselor licensure is coming to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). A bill to establish the Board of Virgin Islands Licensed Counselors and Examiners was passed by the Caribbean territory’s Senate and...
View ArticleState licensing boards asked to adopt uniform scope of practice, licensure title
This summer, state licensing boards across the United States are being asked to accept both a uniform scope of practice and a common licensure title for professional counselors as part of an effort to...
View ArticleWanted: Inclusive licensure process for clinicians with difficult life...
Licensure is a “rite of passage” for most mental health professionals. When new professionals graduate with either a master’s or doctorate in counseling, they usually have great expectations of taking...
View ArticleUnderstanding how counselors are regulated
The mission of occupational licensing boards is public protection. In essence, that means a licensing board exists to ensure that unqualified persons do not practice in a profession. Licensing boards...
View ArticleCounselor licensing board to be established in U.S. Virgin Islands
Counselor licensure is coming to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). A bill to establish the Board of Virgin Islands Licensed Counselors and Examiners was passed by the Caribbean territory’s Senate and...
View ArticleNonprofit News: Is international certification right for you?
Prior to 2016, I never gave much thought to becoming certified or licensed in another country. I mean, why go through all the hard work, pay all the fees and have to maintain a credential in a country...
View ArticleACA continues push forward for licensure portability
The American Counseling Association Governing Council has endorsed a plan that would allow counselor practitioners who are licensed and in good standing in one state to become seamlessly licensed in...
View ArticleACA continues push forward for licensure portability
The American Counseling Association Governing Council has endorsed a plan that would allow counselor practitioners who are licensed and in good standing in one state to become seamlessly licensed in...
View ArticleFrom the President: The journey toward licensure portability
From the Building Blocks to Portability Project, which emerged out of the 20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling initiative, to adoption of the ACA Licensure Portability Model in June 2016 by the...
View ArticleFrom the President: Making progress toward portability
Imagine being able to move to another state and seamlessly maintain your license as a professional counselor. Consider the possibility of providing mental health services via telehealth across the...
View ArticleInterstate compact plan provides hope for licensure portability
ACA has invested in a multiyear project that would finally allow professional counselors to move seamlessly from one state to another without jumping through hoops to secure a new license. The post...
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