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Associations

Following are links to various other associations or organizations that are directly related to counselling.



Provincial Associations
National Associations
American Associations
International Associations
Other countries


Provincial Associations

Ontario

Association des conseillers(ères) des écoles publiques de l'Ontario (ACÉPO)
Board of Examiners in Sex Therapy and Counselling in Ontario (BESTCO)
College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO)
Music Therapy Association of Ontario (MTAO)
Ontario School Counsellors' Association (OSCA)
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction (OFCMHAP)
Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC)
Ontario Association of Psychological Associates (OAPA)
Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (OAMFT)
Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM)
Ontario Association for Counselling and Attendance Services (OACAS)
Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychotherapists (OACCPP)
Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors (OACYC)
Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA)
Ontario Art Therapy Association (OATA)
Ontario Alliance of Career Development Practitioners (OACDP)
Ontario Association for the Application of Personality Type (OAAPT)
Ontario Society of Psychotherapists (OSP)
Addictions Ontario
Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
Society of Clinical Hypnosis - ON Division
Association francophone des conseillères et des conseillers en orientation franco-ontariens (ACOFO)
Ontario Psychological Association (OPA)
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed, Ontario (NADD, Ontario)
Ontario Psychological Association ((OPA))

British Columbia

Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training (ASPECT)
British Columbia School Counsellor's Association (BCSA)
British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA)
British Columbia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (BCAMFT)
British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
British Columbia Art Therapy Association (BCATA)
Career Management Association of BC (BCCMA)
Music Therapy Association of British Columbia (MTABC)
Special Education Association of BC (SEA)
British Columbia Career Development Association (BCCDA)
Society of Clinical Hypnosis - BC Division
Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC (NCCABC)
Adlerian Psychology Association of B.C. (APABC)
Child and Youth Care Association of BC (CYCABC)
British Columbia Association of Social Workers (BCASW)
British Columbia Psychological Association (BCPA)
Employment Network Education and Training for Rehabilitation and Career Practitioners Society. (ENET)

Alberta

Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW)
Alberta Guidance Council (AGC)
Alberta Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
Career Development Associaton of Alberta (CDAA)
Psychologists' Association of Alberta (PAA)
Pet Therapy Society of Northern Alberta (APTA)
Child and Youth Care Association of Alberta (CYCAA)
Alberta Family Mediation Society (AFMS)
Music Therapy Association of Alberta (MTAA)
Alberta Play Therapy Association (APTA) Contact: Co-chairs: Rhonda Kent and Nicole Martin.
College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta' ((CRPNA)) Contact: barbara.lowe@crpna.ab.ca
Alberta Association of Family School Liaison Workers (AAFSLW)

Manitoba

Manitoba School Counsellor's Association (MSCA)
Manitoba Association of School Psychologists (MASP)
Manitoba Association of Social Workers (MASW)
Family Mediation Manitoba Inc
Child and Youth Care Worker's Association of Manitoba (CYCWAM)
Manitoba Psychological Society (MPS)
Manitoba Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (MAMFT)
Psychological Association of Manitoba (PAM)

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Educational Psychology Association (SEPA)
Saskatchewan Career and Work Education Association (SCWEA)
Conflict Resolution Saskatchewan
Music Therapy Association of Saskatchewan (MTAS)
Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW)
Saskatchewan College of Psychologist (SKCP)
Saskatchewan School Counsellor Association (SCCA)
Saskatchewan Association for Marriage and Family Therapists

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia School Counsellors Association (NSSCA)
Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselling Association of Nova Scotia (NADACA)
Nova Scotia Child and Youth Care Worker's Association (NSCYCWA)
Family Mediation Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers (NSASW)
Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS)
Nova Scotia Association of Counselling Therapist (NSACT) Contact: nsact@ns.sympatico.ca

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island Counselling Association (PEICA)
Child and Youth Care Association of PEI (CYCAPEI)
Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island (PAPEI)

New Brunswick

New Brunswick Association of Social Workers (NBASW)
College of Psychologists of New Brunswick (CPNB)
New Brunswick Career Development Action Group (NBCDAG)
Child and Youth Care Association of New Brunswick (CYCANB)
New Brunswick Association of Counselling Therapists (NBACT)
Association francophone des conseillères et des conseillers en orientation du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFCONB)

Newfoundland and Labrador

Association of Psychologists in Newfoundland Labrador (APNL)
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Social Workers (NLASW)
Child and Youth Care Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (CYCANL)
Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Career Practitioner (NLAPC)
Association of Newfoundland Psychologists (ANP)
Newfoundland and Labrador Counsellor's and Psychologist's Association (NLCPA)

Quebec

Association des intervenants en toxicomanie du Québec (AITQ)
Association des Psychothérapeutes Psychanalytiques du Québec (APPQ)
Association Québécoise de Gestalt (AQG)
Association Québécoise d'Information Scolaire et professionnelle (AQISEP)
Association Québécoise Inter-universitaire des Conseillers aux étudiants ayant des besoins spéciaux (AQICEBS)
Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec (ASRSQ)
Quebec Art Therapy Association (AATQ)
Quebec Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (QAMFT)
Quebec Counselling Association (QCA)
Société québécoise des psychothérapeutes professionnel(le)s (SQPP)
Zoothérapie Québec
Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation et des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec (OCCOPPQ)
Quebec Association of Educators (QAE)
Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ)
Ordre des psychologues du Québec ((OPQ))
Ordre des traivalleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes familiaux ((OPTSQ))
Association des sexologues du Québec

Yukon

Mediation Yukon

Northwest Territories

Sahtu Health and Social Services Authority

National Associations
Canadian Addiction Counsellor Certification Federation (CACCF)
Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA)
Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE)
Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy (CACPT)
Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT)
Canadian Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (CANLP)
Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education (CAPPE)
Canadian Association for Psycholosocial Oncology (CAPO)
Canadian Association for School Health (CASH)
Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP)
Canadian Career Information Association (CCIA)
Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs (CCPPP)
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
Canadian Problem Gambling Certification Board (CPGCB)
Canadian Professional Counselling Association (CPCA)
Canadian Psychoanalytic Society (CPS)
Canadian Psychology Association (CPA)
Canadian University and College Counselling Association (CUCCA)
Family Mediation Canada (FMC)
Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones (FNCSF)
General Practice Psychotherapy Association (GPPA)
Professional Board of Hypnotherapy (PBH)
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada (PRC)
Canadian Association of School Psychologists (CASP)
Canadian Employee Assistance Program Association (CEAPA)
Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA)
Canadian Horticulture Therapy Association (CHTA)
Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD)
Western Canada Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association (WCPPA)
Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association (CGPA)
Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care Associations (CYC)
Canadian Coalition for Seniors™ Mental Health (CCSMH)
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (CCPCP)
Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC)
Professional Association of Canadian Christian Counsellors (PACCC) Contact: paccc@paccc.ca
Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education ((CAPPE)) Contact: office@cappe.org
Canada Career Consortium (CCC)
Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
Registry of Marriage and Family Therapists in Canada (RMFT)
Canadian University and College Counselling Association (CUCCA)

American Associations
American Counselling Association (ACA)
Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC)
Association for Counselors and Educators in Government (ACEG)
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
Association for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Counseling (AGLBIC)
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD)
Association for Spritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA)
American School Counselor's Association (ASCA)
Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW)
International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC)
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC)
National Career Development Association (NCDA)
National Employment Counseling Association (NECA)
American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)
American Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB)
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
American Art Therapy Association (AATA)
American Academy of Counseling Psychology (AACoP)
Association for Behavorial and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Division 17 - Counseling Psychology
American Orthopsychiatric Association
American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP)
American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy (ASPCP)
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP)
Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
Employees Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA)
Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals (VECAP)
United States of America Transactional Analysis Association (USATAA)
North American Association of Masters in Psychology
National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations (NCCATA)
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT)
National Association for Drama Therapy (NADT)
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists (NACBT)
National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)

International Associations
Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)
Association of Career Management Firms International (AOCMFI)
Association of Career Professionals International (ACPI)
Association for the Development of the Person Centered Approach (ADPCA)
Association internationale francophone des intervenants auprès des familles séparées (AIFI)
Chi Sigma Iota
Euroguidance
European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP)
European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP)
Forum Européen de l'orientation Académique (FEDORA)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA)
International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG)
International Association of Counseling Services (IACS)
International Association of Group-Psychotherapy (IAGP)
International Coach Federation (ICF)
International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA)
International Family Therapy Association (IFTA)
International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP)
International Mentoring Association (IMA)
International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO)
International Society of Professional Counsellors (ISPC)
International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA)
International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA)
Network of the European Associations for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling (NEAPCEPC)
Society for Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counseling (SIPCC)
Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)
World Association for Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy (WAPCCP)
World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP)
World Counseling Network (WCN)
International Association for Counselling (IAC)
Association française de counseling dans l'approche centrée sur la personne (AFCACP)

Other countries
African Counselling Network (ACN)
Kenyan Association Of Professional Counsellors (KAPC)
Israel Family Counselling Association (IFCA)
Österreichischer Bundesverband für Psychotherapy (ÖBVP)
Association des Conseillers d'Orientation - Psychologues - France (ACOP-F)
Fédération Française de Psychothérapie (FFP)
Association francophone des certifiés en programmation neurolinguistique (NLPNL)
Association Suisse de Psychothérapeutes (ASP)
Association Suisse pour l'Orientation Universitaire (ASOU)
Association Suisse de Thérapie Familiale et Interventions Systémiques (ASTHEFIS)
Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA)
Australian National Art Therapy Association (ANATA)
Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC)
Australian Guidance and Counselling Association (AGCA)
Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists (AAGP)
Association for Supervision, Coaching and Consultancy of Australia and New Zealand (ASCCANZ)
Christian Counsellors Association Austrialia (CCAA)
Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Primary Care (CPC)
Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (NAGCAS)
Counsellors and Psychotherapists Association of New South Wales (CAPA)
Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice in the UK (AFT)
British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology
British Confederation of Psychotherapists (BCP)
British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy (BASRT)
British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT)
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP)
Counselling Ltd
Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB)
Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (FDAP)
Asociación Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía (AEOP)
Asociación Mexicana de Terapia Familiar (AMTF)
Associação Brasileira de Terapia Familiar (ABRATEF)
Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Familiar (SATF)
Asociación Argentina de Counselors (AAC)
National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)
Irish Association for Counselling and Therapy (IACT)
Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC)
UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
National Association of Counsellors, Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NACHP)
Federación Española de Asociaciones de Psicoterapeutas (FEAP)
Societé Italiana di Counseling (SICo)
Coordinamento Nazionale Counsellor Professionisti (CNCP)
Associazione Italiana di Counselling (AICo)
Counselling in Nederland
Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand (CPANZ)
Slovak youth information and counselling association (SLyICA)
Swedish Association for Guidance Counsellors (SVF)
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychotherapie (NVP)
New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC)
New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association (NZCCA)
New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP)
Counselling in Scotland Association (COSCA)
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