September 13, 2025

The last message included inaccurate descriptions of the Awards.  This message has the corrected award listing:

PCA is still seeking nominations for 2025 Annual Awards! Consider nominating a colleague to honor the hard work, commitment, and dedication of Pennsylvania counselors, students, and programs. Winners will be announced during the 2025 PCA Conference November 6-9, 2025, in Bethlehem, PA.

The nomination deadline had been extended to Sunday September 14th!

Submit nominations here: https://forms.gle/ZNor7xyiU33Cngt38 

  1. PCA Outstanding Practitioner Award: Awarded to an outstanding professional counselor for service to the profession; nominees must be current PCA members.
  2. PCA Lifetime Achievement Award: Awarded to a PCA member who is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania resident and who has demonstrated outstanding dedication, service, and/or achievement in professional counseling. A PCA member can only receive this award once.
  3. PCA Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award: Awarded to an outstanding professional counseling program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. At least one member of the counselor education program must be a PCA member.
  4. PCA Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Awarded to an individual who is currently a graduate student in professional counseling within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and who shows excellent potential and professionalism; preference will be given to a PCA student member who has had some involvement with the association.
  5. PCA Outstanding Research/Publication Award: Awarded to a PCA member who has contributed to the professional counseling profession through outstanding effort in the area of research and/or publication.
  6. PCA Outstanding Supervisor Award: Awarded to a PCA member who has demonstrated outstanding work as a supervisor in a university, community/mental health counseling, or school setting.
  7. PCA Outstanding Professional Teaching Award: Awarded to a PCA member to honor excellence in teaching in a counseling, counselor education, or counseling supervision program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  8. David W. Hall Advocacy Award: Awarded to a PCA member who has promoted the profession of counseling through advocacy to whom the many professional counselors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are forever indebted.  

If you have questions:

pca.programs@gmail.com AND pca58.president@gmail.com.

 


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