Organizations

General       Counseling       Psychology

 

General Organizations

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AERA: American Educational Research Association - concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

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The Focusing Institute - founded in 1986 as a not for profit organization whose purpose is to help make focusing available to the public and to the international community through teaching, research and written materials.

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The Mental Research Institute - the focus of MRI is to explore and to encourage the use of an interactional approach to further understand and more effectively resolve human problems from the family to all other levels of social organization.

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NAMI ( National Alliance for the Mentally Ill ) Home Page - NAMI is a nonprofit grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major dpression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.

National Child Care Information Center - NCCIC, a project of the child care bureau, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high quality comprehensive services.

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PREVLINE: Drugs, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention... - The National clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of the substance abuse and mental Health services Administration's (SAMHSA) center for substance Abuse prevention.

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Society for Neuroscience - Advancing the Understanding of the Brain and Nervous System

Counseling organizations

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AACC - American Association of Christian Counseling

AAMFT - Home Page - (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists)

American Association of Pastoral Counselors - psychotherapy that uses spiritual resources as well as psychological understanding for healing and growth.

American Counseling Association - its intention is the growth and development of the counseling profession and those who are served.

Psychology Organizations

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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - The AACAP is the national professional medical association dedicated to treating and improving the quality of life for children, adolescents and families affected by mental, behavioral, or developmental disorders at any given time.

American Psychological Association - a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.

American Psychological Society (APS) - its mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.

APPIC Home Page - (Assoc. of Psychology and Postdoctoral and Internship Centers)

Association for Humanistic Psychology - international non-profit association of people committed to exploring and furthering the evolution of the human spirit.

Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards - The ASPPB is the alliance of state, provincial, and territorial of agencies responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout the Unites States and Canada.

Association for Transpersonal Psychology - is dedicated to encouraging and enhancing practices and perspectives that will lead to a conscious, sustainable. co-evolution of culture, nature and society.

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IACCP - International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Index - (Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology)

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology - it focuses on six core areas of inquiry: the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, social and creative

The International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy - its mission is to facilitate the utilization and growth of cognitive psychotherapy as a professional activity and scientific discipline.

Leanne Hillery, Library liaison for the School of Psychology and Counseling

lhillery@regent.edu

757-352-4168

February 2007
updated December 2008