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American Counseling
Association (ACA) - the U.S.' national professional association for professional
counselors and parent association of the Pennsylvania Counseling Assoc.;
has links to its divisions/organizational affiliates, regional chapters
(including the one for Pennsylvania professional counselors, the American
Counseling Assoc.—North Atlantic
Region), and other ACA state branches
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Joining an ACA state branch, such as the Pennsylvania Counseling
Assoc., does not result in automatic membership in the ACA and its
divisions/organizational affiliates and
regional chapters, nor vice-versa; to join the ACA, please click here.
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- Australian Counselling
Association (ACA) - Australia's
national professional association for professional counselors; has links
to its divisions, regional chapters, and state branches
- British Counselling Association
(BCA) - the U.K.'s national
professional association for professional counselors; has links to its
divisions, regional chapters, and "national" (i.e., England, Scotland,
Wales, N. Ireland) branches
- Canadian Counselling Association
(CCA) - Canada's national
professional association for professional counselors; has links to its
divisions, regional chapters, and provincial branches
- Irish Counselling
Association (ICA) - Ireland's
national professional association for professional counselors
- New Zealand Counselling
Association (NZCA) - New Zealand's
national professional association for professional counselors; has links
to its regional branches
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- American Medical Association
(AMA) - the U.S.' national
professional association for physicians, including psychiatrists; has
links to its specialty societies, regional organizations, and state
societies
- American Nursing Association
(ANA) - the U.S.' national
professional association for nurses, including psychiatric nurses; has
links to its specialty affiliates and state associations
- American Psychological Association
(APA) - the U.S.' national
professional association for psychologists; has links to its divisions,
regional associations, and state associations
- National Association of
Social Workers (NASW) - the U.S.'
national professional association for social workers; has links to its
sections and state chapters
- Pennsylvania Association of Social
Workers (PASW) - Pennsylvania's state
professional association for social workers and a state chapter of the
National Assoc. of Social Workers; has links to its regional
divisions
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
(PMS) - Pennsylvania's state
professional association for physicians, including psychiatrists, and a
state society of the American Medical Assoc.; has links to its sections
and county societies
- Pennsylvania Nursing Association
(PNA) - Pennsylvania's state
professional association for nurses, including psychiatric nurses, and a
state association of the American Nursing Assoc.; has links to its
specialty affiliates and local districts
- Pennsylvania Psychological
Association (PPA) - Pennsylvania's
state professional association for psychologists and a state association
of the American Psychological Assoc.; has links to its regional
chapters
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- Commission on
Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) - the U.S. (private sector) board that
board-certifies professional counselors in the specialty of rehab
counseling
- Council for Accreditation
of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) - the U.S. (private sector) board that
accredits career, geriatric, marriage & family, mental
health/community, and school counseling programs, plus doctoral programs
in professional counseling research/teaching/clinical supervision
(a.k.a. "counselor education"); has an on-line directory of accredited
programs; an affiliate of the American Counseling Assoc.
- Council on Rehabilitation
Education (CORE) - the U.S. (private
sector) board that accredits rehab counseling programs; has an on-line
directory of accredited programs
- National Academy of Certified
Family Therapists (NACFT) - the U.S.
(private sector) board that board-certifies professional counselors in
the specialty of marriage & family counseling; an affiliate of the
American Counseling Assoc.
- National Board for Certified
Counselors (NBCC) - the U.S. (private
sector) board that board-certifies professional counselors in the
specialties of mental health, school, and substance abuse counseling;
has an on-line feature that enables certificants and the general public
to check on board certification status, review board policies, pay
renewal fees, and submit a contact information update; an affiliate of
the American Counseling Assoc.
- PA State Board of
Education - the Pennsylvania state
government board that licenses professional counselors (as well as
social workers and psychologists) who practice in the state's
schools; has an on-line feature that enables licensees and the general
public to check on licensure status, pay renewal fees, and track
CEUs
- PA
state board of social work/professional counseling - the Pennsylvania state government board that
licenses professional counselors (as well as social workers) who
practice outside the state's schools; has an on-line feature that
enables licensees and the general public to check on licensure status
and pay renewal fees
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- American
Counseling Association—Government Relations
(ACA—GR) - a one-way listserv--see the footnote below for
a definition of a "one-way listserv"--for professional counselors of all
specialties who belong to PCA parent association American Counseling
Assoc.; messages focus exclusively on legislative issues; to subscribe,
send an e-mail message to mailto:clum@counseling.org?subject=ACA--GR
Subscription with the following in
the body of your message: "subscribe aca--gr <your first
name> <your last name> <your e-mail address>" (without
quotes), e.g., subscribe aca--gr Sigmund Freud sfreud@yahoo.com
- American Counseling
Association—International (ACA—INT) - a
listserv for professional counselors of all specialties who belong to
PCA parent association American Counseling Assoc.; provides a forum in
which Stateside professional counselors can interact with professional
counselors, both American expatriates and other nationalities,
practicing outside the U.S.; to subscribe, send an e-mail message to ACA-INT-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@home.ease.lsoft.com with
nothing in the subject line or body of your message
- COUNSGRADS
- a listserv for graduate students of
professional counseling; to subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
with the following in the body of your message (with nothing in the
subject line): "subscribe counsgrads <your first name>
<your last name>" (without quotes), e.g., subscribe counsgrads
Sigmund Freud
- International Counselor
Network (ICN) - a listserv for
professional counselors of all specialties; to subscribe, send an e-mail
message to listserv@utkvm1.utk.edu with
the following in the body of your message (with nothing in the subject
line): "subscribe icn <your first name> <your last
name> <your e-mail address>" (without quotes), e.g., subscribe
icn Sigmund Freud sfreud@yahoo.com
- Pennsylvania Counseling
Association Listserv - a one-way listserv--see the footnote below
for a definition of a "one-way listserv"--for professional counselors of
all specialties who belong to the PCA; to subscribe, click here
Notes:
A "listserv" is an e-mail system where users receive messages sent to
the list by other users, or in some cases, by the officials of an
organization; it can either be a two-way listserv in which a user receives
messages and can then respond by sending his/her own message, or it can be
a one-way listserv with users being unable to respond (the PCA's listserv
is an example of the latter).
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- ACA Legislative Action
Center - a Web page posted by PCA
parent association American Counseling Assoc. that provides information
on bills currently being debated on Capitol Hill, legislative alerts, a
media guide, U.S. Library of Congress information, links to the offices
of U.S. representatives and senators and the U.S. president, and other
links
- ACA's
Public Policy & Legislation Unit
- the government relations department of PCA parent association American
Counseling Assoc.
- PA Dept.
of Education - a specific
department within the Pennsylvania state government's executive branch
that houses the PA State Board of Education (the licensing entity for school-based
professional counselors)
- PA Dept.
of Public Welfare - a specific
department within the Pennsylvania state government's executive branch
that includes the Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Services
- PA Dept. of
State - a specific department
within the Pennsylvania state government's executive branch that houses
the PA state board of social work/professional counseling
- PA General Assembly - the legislative branch of Pennsylvania's
state government
- PA Governor's
Office - the executive branch of
Pennsylvania's state government
- PA Unified Justice
System - the judicial branch of
Pennsylvania's state government, including the PA Supreme Court
- U.S. Congress (House of
Representatives) - one of two
chambers of the legislative branch of the U.S.' federal
government
- U.S. Congress (Senate) - one of two chambers of the legislative
branch of the U.S.' federal government
- U.S. Dept. of
Health & Human Services -
a specific department within the U.S. federal government's executive
branch that includes the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Administration and the National Institute of Mental Health (the latter
being the U.S. government's
primary facility for mental health research)
- U.S. Federal Judiciary - the judicial branch of the U.S.' federal
government, including the U.S. Supreme Court
- White House - the executive branch of the U.S.' federal
government
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- ERIC - the U.S. Dept. of Education's on-line
research database, with much of its literature overlapping with mental
health research
- LexisNexis (subscription
required, but also accessible via CD-ROM at any law school library)
- one of the legal profession's two major (private sector) on-line
research databases, with some of its literature pertaining to mental
health law
- looksmart - a Web portal,
similar to Yahoo!, that includes an article section (many of which are
scholarly articles and mental health-related)
- PsycINFO (subscription required, but also accessible
via its PsycLIT CD-ROM counterpart at any psychology department
library) - the mental health field's premier (private sector)
on-line research database
- PubMed - the U.S. Dept.
of Health & Human Services' on-line medical research database,
including psychiatric research
- SAMHDA - the
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services' on-line mental health
research database
- WebMD Medscape - a
commercial Web site, intended primarily for laypersons but potentially
useful to mental health professionals
- Westlaw (subscription required,
but also accessible via CD-ROM at any law school library) - one of
the legal profession's two major (private sector) on-line research
databases, with some of its literature pertaining to mental health
law
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- ACA
Foundation - the non-profit foundation of PCA parent
association American Counseling Assoc. whose services include
scholarship programs, development grants, legislative assistance,
sponsorship of research projects, and more
- ACA Insurance Trust - the
malpractice insurance affiliate of PCA parent association American
Counseling Assoc.; insures professional counselors practicing in a wide
variety of settings, as well as graduate students of professional
counseling for their internship placements
- ADD Resources - a U.S.
non-profit organization run mostly by adult volunteers with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); dedicated to supporting,
educating, and serving as a resource for people with ADHD
- American Art Therapy Association
(AATA) - a U.S.-based art
therapy resource
- American Association of State
Counseling Boards (AASCB) - a
coalition of the 49 state licensing boards in the U.S. that regulate the
practice of professional counseling that takes place outside the
school setting (California and Nevada lack such a board at this time);
provides contact information for those boards
- American Association of Suicidology
(AAS) - a U.S. organization dedicated to understanding
and preventing suicide
- American Dance Therapy Association
(ADTA) - a U.S.-based dance
therapy resource
- American Music Therapy Association
(AMTA) - a U.S.-based music
therapy resource
- Association of Play Therapy
(APT)
- a U.S.-based
play therapy resource
- At Health
- a Web site that connects mental health
resources
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Law (BCMHL)
- an on-line legal
resource for both mental health professionals and mental healthcare
consumers
- Behavior On-Line
- an Internet gathering place for mental
health professionals
- Boston University Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- a
university research, training, and service organization dedicated to
improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric
disabilities
- Counseling
Network.com
- a Web-based,
interactive community designed specifically for professional
counselors
- Counselor
Link
- practical information
on psychotherapy, mediation (divorce, custody, general disputes),
conflict resolution, and communication programs for individuals,
couples, business, and industry
- Crisis, Grief, &
Healing
- a site that people
can browse to understand and honor the many paths to heal strong
emotions
- Dual Diagnosis Web
Site
- information and
resources for service providers, consumers, and family members who are
seeking assistance and/or education in the area of co-occurring mental
illness, drug addiction, and/or alcoholism
- Eating Disorders Referral &
Information Center (EDRIC)
- a U.S. organization dedicated to the
prevention and treatment of eating disorders; provides information and
treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders
- Education
World - a listing of resources that school-based professional
counselors (as well as school-based psychologists and social workers)
can use with at-risk student-clients
- Fair Access Coalition on
Testing (FACT)
- a U.S.
organization that promotes equal access to psychological tests by
properly trained mental health practitioners to better serve mental
healthcare and educational consumers
- Internet Mental
Health
- a free, on-line
encyclopedia of mental health information
- Join Together
On-Line
- a U.S. resource
center for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun
violence
- Mental Health
Matters
.com - a user-friendly mental health information
directory of all psychological disorders, including research,
alternative treatment, self-help, support, and statistics; includes a
free newsletter
- National Association of Drama Therapy
(NADT) - a U.S.-based drama therapy resource
- National Association of Poetry
Therapy (NAPT) - a U.S.-based bibliotherapy--i.e., children's
stories, literature, poetry, etc., used to promote mental
health--resource
- National Association of State Boards
of Education (NASBE)
- a
coalition of the 51 state licensing boards in the U.S. that regulate the
practice of professional counseling that takes place in the
school setting; provides contact information for those
boards
- National Committee for Quality
Assurance (NCQA)
- a (private
sector) board that certifies U.S.-based managed care organizations
(MCOs); one of its functions is to receive and act on complaints from
mental healthcare consumers and practitioners regarding MCOs that it has
certified
- National Council on Family Relations
(NCFR)
- a U.S.
organization that provides a forum for family researchers, educators,
and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of
knowledge about families and family relationships, establishes
professional standards, and works to promote family
well-being
- National Mental Health Association
(NMHA)
- the
U.S.' oldest and largest non-profit organization addressing all aspects
of mental health and mental illness; works to improve the mental health
of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental
disorders, through advocacy, education, research, and
service
- Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
(OCF)
- a U.S.
non-profit organization composed of people with obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends,
professionals, and other concerned individuals
- PDR
Guide to Prescription Drugs
- a comprehensive resource pertaining to all
medications, including psychiatric medications
- Ψ Χ - the American Psychological
Assoc.-affiliated national honor society for U.S. undergraduate
psychology majors, some of whom are preparing for graduate studies in
psychology, professional counseling, and social work; has links to its
1,000-plus university chapters
- PsychCentral
- an index of mental health issues and
resources on the Internet
- Psychology
of Cyberspace
- a site that
explores the psychological dimensions of the environments created by
computers and on-line networks
- Psychotherapy
Finances
- a monthly
publication of business resources and tools for mental health
practitioners
- Students Against
Violence Everywhere (SAVE)
- a
U.S. non-profit that promotes non-violence and safe schools and
communities by educating students and enlisting them and their parents
in activities to reduce the violent behaviors that threaten our
youth
- Trauma Pages
- a site that focuses primarily on emotional
trauma and traumatic stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)
- Web of
Addictions
- information about
alcohol and other drug addictions
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