Mastering Your Craft: The Role of Continuing Education in Professional Development

Access a wide range of online courses designed to help mental health professionals earn continuing education credits. Stay informed while enhancing your knowledge and skills with tailored courses for mental health professionals.

November Free CE of the MOnth

Identifying & Expanding Coping Resilience Post-Disaster Using the BASIC-Ph Model

Natural disasters have swept across the U.S. in recent years, with Hurricanes Helene and Milton being the most recent. In this presentation, we’ll explore the phases of community disaster response and introduce the BASIC-Ph model, a resilience framework designed to support clients in short-term counseling. Participants will be guided through effective approaches to strengthen coping resilience after traumatic events, with a particular focus on the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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November Featured CE

The Neurobiology of Trauma and Its Implications for Successful Treatment

Treating trauma from a whole-person perspective requires an understanding of the neurobiological functioning that occurs in the nervous system and the specific emotions and beliefs that are stored in the subconscious concurrently when a trauma imprints. In this presentation, participants will learn the detailed structure and layers of trauma and how to successfully treat them using an evidence-based technique from the field of energy psychology that rapidly clears trauma from the conscious mind, subconscious mind and body.

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Ways to Receive Continuing Education Credit

Professional Development Center

Earn continuing education credit by taking advantage of ACA's online professional development programming. Here you can access innovative educational content created for the counseling profession. Learn in a variety of formats such as video-based courses, education sessions, and webinars; as well as text-based book chapters and journal articles.

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ACA Conference & Expo

When you attend our flagship educational and professional development event, you'll have the opportunity to receive Continuing Education (CE) credit hours. Also as an attendee, you'll explore new strategies for self-care, advocate for the counseling care of tomorrow, and access the latest tools and resources to support your clients. Attend our conference and enjoy networking.

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On-Demand Webinars

Live Webinar

Strategies for Creating Impact and Income in Counseling

In this May 2024 webinar, we guide you through the process of developing a comprehensive business plan & vision that aligns with your unique practice goals & values.

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Innovate and Adapt: Responding to Findings from the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Survey

Counseling Workforce Report

In this town hall-style webinar, we explored the results of the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Survey & discussed how we can use this data to move the profession forward. 

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Live Webinar - What counselors should know about DSM-5-TR

What Counselors Should Know About the DSM-5-TR?

In this March 2024 recorded webinar to familiarize yourself with salient changes in the DSM-5-TR., we walked you through the diagnostic changes and additions most likely to impact the work of counselors.

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Live Counselor Self-Care Webinar

Counselor Self-Care

In this March 2024 webinar, we shared & discussed useful & practical guides for encouraging counselors to reflect on how well they are taking care of themselves in all aspects of living.

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