OVERVIEW

American Counseling Association (ACA) 2025 Conference & Expo is organized by American Counseling Association (ACA) and will be held from Mar 27 - 29, 2025 in Hyatt Regency Orlando & Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
For the premier professional development and networking event for professional counselors. With thought-provoking presentations, enlightening discussions and meaningful opportunities to advocate on behalf of counselors and clients, you will walk away feeling refreshed, renewed and ready to tackle the challenges facing you, your clients and the counseling community.

Session Topics:

  • Aging Issues
  • Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
  • Career Counseling
  • Child and Adolescent
  • College Counseling
  • Counselor Education
  • Creative and Complementary Intervention
  • Disaster, Trauma, and Crisis
  • Ethics and Legal Issues
  • Graduate Student and New Professional
  • Grief and Loss
  • LGBTQ
  • Multicultural/Diversity and Social Justice
  • Private / Clinical Practice
  • Professional Issues
  • Rehabilitation and Disability
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • School Counseling
  • Substance Use and Addictions
  • Suicide
  • Supervision
  • Technology and Related Issues
  • Wellness and Self-care

What’s New This Year?
The 2025 event is all about our impact. We’re curating a program and experience that will amplify counselor voices, advocate for our communities and move the profession forward. Check out what’s new this year:  

  • One-day Registration Rate  
  • Daily General Sessions, featuring Keynote Speaker Brandon Wolf!  
  • Combined Expo Hall Opening and Opening Reception  
  • Pre-registration for Early-Bird Sessions  
  • More Inclusive and Accessible Experience  
  • Supporting Marginalized Communities in Florida  
  • And so much more!

KEY DATES

Event Start Date
27 Mar, 2025
Event Start Date
Event End Date
29 Mar, 2025
Event End Date
Credits

Continuing Education
Whether it's for license or certificate renewal, career development, or to increase job opportunities, the need for continuing education is a very real demand all counseling professionals face. Featuring education sessions presented by experts in a variety of subject areas, the ACA Conference & Expo gives professional counselors opportunities to learn from the best.

During the ACA Conference & Expo, attendees can choose from more than 150 education sessions that include:

  • Twenty-four topic tracks. 
  • Four format types: lecture style, roundtable, rapid fire presentation, and poster format. 
  • Advanced learning sessions.

Earning Continuing Education (CE) Credits
Attendees can earn 1.0 continuing education (CE) contact hour for each hour of attendance at select education sessions. Each session listing will clearly identify the credit amounts approved by the following organizations:

  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
  • Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
  • Association for Play Therapy (APT)
  • NAADAC: The Association for Addiction Professionals
  • New York State Education Department’s Board for Mental Health Practitioners
  • Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction 
  • 1 C.E. contact hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianPsychiatristsOther Mental Health ProfessionalsLicensed Professional Counselors

    SPECIALITIES

    Psychiatry

    SUGGESTED HOTELS

    CONFERENCE VENUE

    LocationHyatt Regency Orlando
    9801 International Drive

    CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY

    All registration cancellations and refund requests must be made by March 20, 2025. You will receive a refund minus a $75 cancellation fee ($50 for Student/New Professional/Retired categories). No refunds will be granted after March 20, 2025. Refunds will not be issued for no-shows.

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