From the American Counseling Association (ACA): The Compacts, Access , and Responsible Expansion (C.A.R.E) for Mental Health Professionals Act, H.R. 6076, seeks to reform licensure to include interstate mental health provider network. Introduced by U.S. Representative Joe Neguse, this legislation would expand access to mental health services for those seeking services across state lines. Eliminating unnecessary

Hello OCA Members! Have you nominated someone who is deserving of recognition and honor for their exemplary service and commitment to the counseling profession? No? GREAT NEWS!! You still have a chance…the deadline has been EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 17, 2021!!! This is your chance, please nominate them! HERE is the Nomination Form HERE is a Flyer to Post or Share Check out the award descriptions

Wednesday, October 27th to Friday, October 29th The Hyatt Regency ColumbusOver 1,000 counseling professionals will be participating this year in the All Ohio Counselors Conference 2021 in sessions covering a variety of relevant and timely topics. The conference is co-sponsored by the Ohio School Counselor Association and the Ohio Counseling Association. You can view more information about

Share your counseling-related news with hundreds of your colleagues in Central Ohio!  Please note COCA does not vet services or trainings included in the newsletter and inclusion in the newsletter does not denote endorsement by COCA. Members may submit their announcement to info@cocacounseling.org by the 20th of the month. Announcements will be shared with the

On behalf of the COCA executive committee, I’d like to welcome you the Central Ohio Counseling Association! I tend to refer to us collectively as the “COCA crew”. We are a tiny but mighty collective of passionate professional counselors and counselor trainees hoping to increase connectedness with our central Ohio community I am a Licensed

Hello members of OCA,   As you know, ACA has developed and is working to implement an Interstate Counseling Compact. Compacts are a solution for licensure portability and provide a pathway for counselors to move seamlessly from one state to another through an agreement among compact states.   In a continued effort to engage OCA members in