Definition of Professional Counseling and Psychotherapy
The Practice of Professional Counseling:
The application of mental health, psychological, or human development principles, through cognitive, affective, behavioral or systematic intervention strategies, that address wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology.
Professional Counseling Specialty:
A Professional
Counseling
Specialty is narrowly focused, requiring advanced knowledge in the field
founded on the premise that all Professional Counselors must first meet
the requirements for the general practice of professional counseling.
Adopted by the ACA Governing Council, October 1997