Who Joins ACC?

Counselors working from a wide range of professional perspectives that value creative, expressive, and complementary therapies are invited to join.  Our members include mental health and community agency counselors, private practitioners, counselor educators, school counselors, students, retired counselors, and professionals new to the counseling field.  Some of our members also hold licensure/certification in the creative arts including art therapists, music therapists, play therapists, and dance therapists, or other advanced specialties in creative and complementary therapies such as EMDR, hypnosis, and TFT, to name a few.

Benefits of Joining ACC

Besides the benefits of ACA membership, ACC provides members with:

• Grant Opportunities for ACC members!  Please contact Tonya Hammer at hammer@uhcl.edu for more information on the 2009-2010 grant process.  Application proposals are due January 31, 2010. 
• Participation at member rates for ACC training events and creativity conferences.  ACC will hold its next conference in Portland, Oregon on September 17-19, 2010.  More information will be forthcoming! 
• Meetings and social events at the ACA Annual Convention, providing members with opportunities for networking, creating professional connections, and leadership involvement.
• The Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, a scholarly journal, published quarterly, that gives voice to creative and relational-cultural expressions in counseling and psychotherapy.
• View a sample of the Journal for Creativity in Mental Health
• The ACC Newsletter, an annual publication which highlights activities, workshops, conferences, publications, and other relevant information for ACC members, is seeking news and information  for its next issue.   Please contact Nikki Freeburg at mfreeburg@bridgew.edu for more information.
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