formed in 1952 under the name of American Personnel and Guidance Association and later revitalizing itself and changing to the American Association of Counseling and Development in the 1980’s, further changing to it’s current title in the 1990’s, an expert and academic enterprise committed to encouraging the building and enhancement of the field of psychology as a practice- the biggest group of professional therapists worldwide- has been a major contributor to the occupational and moral regulations of the psychology field of work
AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION (ACA): “The American Counseling Association has been known by a few different names, but has always stood for the same ethics and practices as it did in its founding years.”