Counseling Center Receives Prestigious Accreditation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 11, 2001
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Donald S. Graham, Office of Psychological
Counseling, Wellness and Testing
530-898-6345
Counseling Center Receives Prestigious Accreditation
California State University, Chico’s Psychological Counseling Center has been re-accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc., a Virginia-based organization of United States, Canadian and Australian counseling agencies.
Donald Graham, director of psychological counseling, wellness and testing, said only the top 10 percent of college and university counseling centers in the United States are accredited by the IACS. The CSU, Chico center has been continually accredited since 1985.
The counseling center was evaluated by IACS against high standards of counseling practice and was found to offer competent and reliable professional services to its clientele. The accreditation process includes an extensive review of written materials, a two-day site visit by a team of examiners and a review of the center’s facilities and record-keeping practices.
The counseling center offers short-term psychological counseling to regularly enrolled students at CSU, Chico. Other services include clinical consultations for faculty and staff, workshops and training programs, wellness education and a variety of standardized testing and evaluation services to the campus community.
IACS was founded in 1972 to encourage and aid counseling agencies to meet high professional standards through peer evaluation and to inform the public about counseling services that are competent and reliable.
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