LibGuides: Counseling: Graduate & Career Resources

Careers

Check out this Career Guidance database if you need help narrowing your career interests.

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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning that allows users to quickly find the valuable career information they need, whether it’s industry and professions articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice. The material draws from a range of authoritative sources, including Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.

Check out the following E-books for more info on careers in the field of Counseling:

A Career As a Marriage and Family Therapist
ISBN: 9781441612946
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
"Trained in psychotherapy and family systems,
marriage and family therapists focus on understanding their clients’
symptoms and interaction patterns within their existing
environment."
The Play Therapy Primer by Kevin J. O'Connor
Call Number: RJ505 .P600 O26 2000
ISBN: 0471248738
Publication Date: 2000-05-22
"The clinically indispensable guide to using play in therapy, revised and updated."
Career Counseling by Norman C. Gysbers
Call Number: HF5381 .G95 2014
ISBN: 9781556203336
Publication Date: 2014-03-31
"The purpose is to help career counselors expand and extend their vision of career counseling and the skills and techniques in their career counseling repertoire."

Use the links below to visit resources provided by the LaGrange College Career Center and Panther Job Board.

For contacting the Career Center, use the email link below, or Phone: (706) 880-8185.

Check out the following professional organizations, and get acquainted with top organizations in your field:

American Counseling Association
"As the world's largest association representing professional counselors in various practice settings, the American Counseling Association stands ready to serve more than 55,000 members with the resources they need to make a difference. From webinars, publications, and journals to Conference education sessions and legislative action alerts, ACA is where counseling professionals turn for powerful, credible content and support."
Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia
"LPCA is an organization that unites Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) and future LPCs in the state of Georgia and represents the interests of Professional Counselors to both state and national legislators and to the Georgia Composite Licensing Board.

LPCA raises public awareness about mental health issues and the role of LPCs, promotes ethical and professional standards for practice and licensure, and provides training and networking for its members. LPCA is a state chapter of the American Mental Health Counselors Association."
American Mental Health Counselors Association
"The American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) is the leading national organization for licensed clinical mental health counselors. AMHCA strives to be the go-to organization for licensed clinical mental health counselors for advocacy, education, leadership, and collaboration."