ACA members Dr. Darcy Granello and Dr. Paul Granello spoke to Fact Based Health about ways to identify suicidal signs and approach those who may be in need of help.

Yesterday, Dr. David Kaplan, Chief Professional Officer of the American Counseling Association (ACA), stood with Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) to introduce the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act (TFPA), which, if signed into law, would mandate the first federal ban on conversion therapy.

ACA’s Chief Professional Officer, David Kaplan, spoke with the Connection Newspapers about separation anxiety at summer camp and how to prepare for it.

The House Armed Services Committee has included language advocated for by the American Counseling Association (ACA) that creates a true grandparenting process for Licensed Professional Counselors to serve as Independent Practitioners under TRICARE. This groundbreaking language is part of the House version of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)–the legislation that sets the policy and rules for the nation’s armed forces.

As CBS News reports the Supreme Court’s decision to turn away the challenge to ban gay conversion therapy, the American Counseling Association stands with other mental health associations in supporting counselors to help youth thrive, whether they are transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer.

On Thursday, Oregon House Bill (HB) 2307, which prohibits the practice of so-called “conversion therapy” for minors, passed in the state Senate with a 21-8 vote. The “bill for an act relating to efforts to change an individual’s orientation” will now be sent to Governor Kate Brown, who is expected to sign it into law.

ACA member Catherine Roland shares insights about ways to navigate older adulthood.

ACA member Dr. Adina Silvestri was interviewed in a recent Everyday Health article about addiction during menopause and how that can make seeking help harder.

In her May column for Psychology Today, ACA President-Elect Thelma Duffey writes about the many ways to lose a friend and how to cope with it.

In a recent blog for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), ACA President Robert L. Smith discussed new treatments for process addictions.