Member Benefits, Resources and Services

• Affiliation with other Christians: The most important benefit of membership and also the most intangible–affiliation and fellowship with other Christian counselors and pastors around the nation–literally around the world.
• Christian Counseling Today, magazine subscription: Our quarterly, four-color, 88-page flagship magazine that focuses on issues facing today’s Christian counselors. Reaching an estimated 125,000. Intellectually stimulating, academically sound, psychologically accurate, and Biblically solid, the magazine features interviews and articles from Christian counseling leaders worldwide. Upcoming issues include “stopping Violence Against Women”, “Counseling Women” and “Counseling Men”. Editors – Archibald Hart, George Ohlschlager, & Mark Camper.
• Christian Counseling Connection, newsletter subscription: This quarterly newsletter focuses on news relevant to Christian counselors and spotlights membership activities, promotes forthcoming conferences, and publishes professional reports. With specific application to clinicians, pastors and lay counselors, this publication strives to deliver practical usefulness to each targeted audience.
• AACC eNews Monthly, electronic subscription: An electronic newsletter designed to deliver fast, breaking news and information. Delivered monthly by Internet and e-mail.
• Marriage & Family: A Christian Journal: A stand-alone, peer-reviewed, quarterly professional journal covering timely marriage and family issues for both practitioners and academics. Editor: Gary Oliver, Ph.D. – John Brown University.
• Counsel CD’s: These thought-provoking, quarterly audio CD’s include interviews with Christian counseling experts who discuss the latest findings, techniques, and issues facing Christian counselors. Host: Tim Clinton.
• AACC Certificate of Membership: This certificate records a member’s affiliation with thousands of others who are committed to the promotion of excellence and unity in Christian counseling.
• AACC Member Plaque: Available to members for an additional fee.
• AACC Christian Counseling Code of Ethics: This new ethics code is a detailed synthesis of Biblical, ethical, clinical, legal, and interpersonal standards. It helps ground the Christian counseling movement on a comprehensive ethic that glorifies God.
• Preferred Pricing: AACC is committed to providing highly effective, user-friendly resources for a counseling practice. AACC’s catalog allows members to order the best counseling resources in their field with the low AACC member pricing.
• AACC International Membership Registry: This registry lists the name, phone number, and relevant information of every AACC member and serves as a valuable referral source. It is available to members free on-line and for an additional fee in printed form.
• Practical Assistance: Member-discounted malpractice liability insurance programs are available to AACC members.
• Federal/State/Church/Corporate Advocacy: AACC’s dedicated and growing program of legal and policy advocacy for Christian counseling and mental health–and broader issues of faith and life–in the power centers of American life.
• Practice Points Newsletter: A quarterly newsletter for the Christian Care Network (CCN) members containing informative and helpful practice-related articles dealing with such topics as ethical concerns, effective practice management, and implications of Christian faith and clinical practice - with updates on CCN activities and opportunities.