April is Counseling Awareness Month and an opportunity to celebrate all of the good work that professional counselors do for millions of children, adolescents, adults, families and couples each and every day. I hope you will visit the American Counseling Association website if you are looking for ideas and information about
Category: From the CEO
Monthly column from the ACA CEO
Last month, I received the sad news that ACA past president Gail Robinson had passed away. Gail was our 45th president and served during the 1996-1997 program year. You can read more about Gail’s role in the association on page 62. In addition, I am going to share with you some
I know it is an unusual headline for a column, but in looking back through past issues of Counseling Today, I was struck by the number of times I have expressed appreciation to so many of you for contacting ACA about volunteering your services after some natural or person-made disaster. I
In last month’s column, I said that although our official recognition of ACA’s 60th anniversary was coming to a close, the celebration would continue. This celebration includes how we will be honoring you, our members. You are the ones, along with those who came before you, who have made ACA
As we close out our yearlong celebration of ACA’s 60th anniversary, I want to share some meaningful moments that took place along the way. I was fortunate to meet up with Robert Shaffer, ACA’s very first president. Well into his 90s, Bob was easily able to recall the years that led up
As autumn marches toward winter here in the United States, you can already feel the change in the air in some parts of our country. The beginning of November also signals change at the local, state and national levels of government. Regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, thousands of individuals
I like October. The weather here in the Washington metropolitan area begins to cool down after what normally has been a warm and humid summer, the leaves turn colors that I never saw growing up in California, and many of our members (as well as staff) begin to move into their
For those of you who have read my column for the past decade, you know that the September topic often focuses on the beginning of a new academic year and the promise that such a starting point holds. I have referred to those who teach, those who are looking to
How important are graduate students and new professionals? Let’s take a look at some recent (and future) actions. This past March, during the American Counseling Association Annual Conference, our opening session began with a look back at our 60-year history as an organization. At the second keynote session, we showed
Each July, the American Counseling Association goes through a metamorphosis of sorts as we begin a new fiscal year (the one we have just begun is referred to as Fiscal Year 2013) after having completed 12 previous months of providing programs, services and other information that you and your 50,000-plus