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Welcome to the American Association of Pastoral Counselors website! This site provides information to AAPC members and the general public. 

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    Online Dues Payment                                                                       (NEW)  CURRENTS Winter 2012

 

 

Annual Conference - April 19-21,2012

National Conference Center, Leesburg, Virginia

 (Leesburg is in the Washington Metropolitan Area - within easy access via Dulles Airport)

April 19-21, 2012

Conference Registration -- Click Here for Details

Make Room Reservations at the National Conference Center - Click Here

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ASSOCIATION ELECTION 2012

 

           Nominations Announced for President, Vice President and Leadership Development Cmte Chair.  Nominations now open for write-in candidates. Click Election 2012 for the Slate and Write-in details. Nominations from the membership are due no later than December 9, 2011. 

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  Mission Statement

The mission of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors is to bring healing, hope, and wholeness to individuals, families, and communities by expanding and equipping spiritually grounded and psychologically informed care, counseling, and psychotherapy.

  Service and Values  

 The Association lives out its mission by serving:  

    • Our world
    • Our profession
    • Our Association

 The Association is guided in its work by these core values:

 Integration of spirituality and psychology in all we do.
  • Holistic understandings of human life as spiritual, biological, psychological, social and cultural.

    •  Excellence in practice, accountability and ethics.
    •  Justice and wholeness for individuals, families and communities in life, work and  relationships.
    •  Respect for the rich diversity of human life and human understandings of religion and spirituality.
    • Intentional lifelong personal, spiritual, and professional formation.
    • Collaborative partnership with religious institutions and faith communities.
    • Ongoing critical analysis and revision of our practice and our organization.
    • Responsible stewardship in our use of resources. Click to see the entire Mission and Strategic Plan.

  

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 CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr. Alice Graham, AAPC Vice President

In her haste to answer the cry for help after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, pastoral counselor Alice Marie Graham broke a promise to herself she had made more than 50 years before, when fellow Chicagoan Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi: to never set foot in the state.
Yet her experiences providing counseling to Mississippians devastated by Katrina proved so profound that she felt a real calling to continue her work there. So in 2009 Graham moved to the state she once swore she'd never visit to become executive director of the Mississippi Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force.Rev. Alice Graham has been chosen to be a Purpose Prize fellow.  
The Purpose Prize®, now in its sixth year, is the nation's only large-scale investment in people over 60 who are combining their passion and experience for social good.  It's for those with the passion to make change and the experience to know how to do it.