Join the Association for Creativity in Counseling
Your Professional Home for Creative, Relational Counseling
You belong here. ACC is your space to connect, grow, and be seen for the practitioner you truly are.
Are you a counselor who believes that healing can come through clay, poetry, games, movement, or storytelling? Are you using expressive arts or trauma-informed yoga or animal-assisted therapy in your practice? Do you think differently and want to be in a community that celebrates that?
Why Join ACC?
Become part of a community that honors difference and encourages creativity
Gain access to exclusive resources, trainings, and CE opportunities
Become eligible for awards, scholarships, and leadership positions
Have new opportunities to present and publish your work
Be provided discounted registration pricing for our annual national conference and receive discounted pricing to advertise in the membership newsletter
Obtain CEs through World Creativity and Innovation Day, the annual conference, and other events
Connect to networking and mentorship opportunities across modalities and career levels
Receive a membership newsletter featuring creative interventions, ACC activities, member spotlights, and highlighting student and professional work
Who Should Join ACC?
ACC welcomes counselors and creative professionals across a wide spectrum of practices, including:
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs)
Clinical Supervisors
Graduate Counseling Students
Counselor Educators and Supervisors
School and College Counselors
Play, Art, and Music Therapists
Trauma Therapists and Expressive Arts Practitioners
Yoga, Sport, and Movement Therapists
Bibliotherapists and Nature-based Therapists
Animal-Assisted, Gaming, Geek, and Narrative Therapy Practitioners
Anyone reimagining mental health through creativity and connection
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
ACC offers flexible membership options:
ACC Student
ACC $55 + ACA $105 = $160
ACC New Professional
ACC $60 + ACA $105 = $165
ACC Professional
ACC $65 + ACA $189 = $254
ACC Regular
ACC $65 + ACA $189 = $254
ACC Retired:
ACC $55 + ACA $105 = $160
Ready to join ACC?
When you sign up to join ACC, you also become a member of ACA. There is a division fee for ACC and a membership fee for ACA.
How to Join
ACC is a division of ACA and as such one must join ACA in order to join ACC. See below to learn how to join.
New to ACA and ACC?
Visit the ACA website to create your profile and select ACC as your division. Or call 800‑298‑2276 for help registering.
Already an ACA member?
Call 800‑298‑2276 to add ACC to your current membership. Division dues will be prorated to match your ACA membership term.
International Applicants:
Use this secure link to submit payment. Then email memberservices@counseling.org with your full name and mailing address to complete your membership.
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Let’s Create Something New Together
ACC is more than a membership. It is a space for friendship, innovation, and growth. This is a place where creative professionals across the counseling spectrum come together to reshape what mental health care can look like.