Mike

speaks to and for professional counselors across all setttings and specialties, making it the worlds largest association for counselors with more than 40,000 members in the United States and 50 additional countries. 

• (APGA) American Personnel and Guidance Association. This title reflected the four organizations that came together to form the APGA
• 1. National Vocational Guidance Association
• 2. National Association of Guidance & Counselor Trainers
• 3. The Student Personnel Association for Teacher Education
• 4. the American College Personnel Association

The American Association for Counselors and Development (AACD)

The (ACA) the American Counseling Association.

• 19 divisions

one of the newest divisions of the ACA focuses on professional counselors who provide services at institutions of higer education and fosters student development in colleges, universities, and technical colleges and community college settings