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ADCA Membership Information
Catering to the Professional while Caring for the Consumer
Who we are
Formed in 2007, We are
American Distance Counseling Association.
We offer membership to
State Board Licensed Counselors who provide online counseling services via the
internet, using email, chat software and internet-based telephone services.
We provide a professional organization for American based
licensed counselors who have been approved by virtue of their credentials
clearly posted for clients at their counseling websites.
Formation
Rationale
There is
currently no other national organization exclusively for professional distance
counseling providers. American Distance Counseling Association was formed
to fill this need. ADCA provides membership to a professional community of
licensed counselors, who will work together to support professional development
and client safety.
You are
invited -
We invite you to
apply and participate at whatever level of involvement you need to support your
practice. By your association with other professionals, you benefit by being
acknowledged as a Clinical Member, with links to your practice for those seeking
referrals from members. We also be provide a confidential method for you to
"talk" to others who share your same business and treatment concerns through a
private posting board, restricted to only distance counselor members.
Goals -
Our goal is to represent
to the public the safest place to find treatment through the internet. The
future goal for the organization is to secondarily build, through the
membership, a network for office-based treatment in locations throughout the
United States to support online work.
Steps To Join ADCA -
- Please submit your membership fee using the links below:
Clinical Membership $45.00 per year
Academic Membership $55.00 per year
- Please Click Here to fill out the membership application.
Please do not complete the membership application until you have first submitted your membership fee.
Applications
Applications for Clinical
Membership will be accepted from mental health treatment providers only. (This
will not be a mixed group of lay and/or para-professionals members.) We look
forward to your application, and to working together with others who are
pioneers in the growing field of distance counseling services. If you are
interested in completing an application, please use this link
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http://ADCA-Online.org/application.htm
We look forward to a future association with you, to support your distance
counseling efforts.
ADCA Membership Fees:
Clinical Membership $45.00 per year
Academic Membership $55.00 per year
Organizational
Membership
may apply for 10 or more counselors on a group counseling website
$35.00 per requested counselor.
Organizational Membership
is restricted to those group counseling
practices which represent only professional services provided by state board
licensed counselors. Disclosure: American Distance Counseling Association is a
not for profit organization. There are four part time paid positions of
Administration and Website Services. A President and Board of Directors guides
the organization and makes recommendations for development of the ADCA
activities.
Your Association
Logo and Clinical Membership Certificate
After approval of your membership status, you will be sent a file
that contains the Association Logo for your website, and a file for your
Membership Certificate which can be printed and framed for wall display and/or
your website.
See "Charter Membership" updates.
ADCA Counselor-Find
Service provides a free listing to Clinical Members to assist consumers
in finding safe treatment on the internet.
American Distance Counseling
Association
Website:
http://www.ADCA-online.org
Email:
Admin@ADCA-Online.org
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