Oakland Counseling Association

The Oakland Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession.

Mission

The mission of the Oakland Counseling Association is to enhance the quality of life in

Oakland County by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the

counseling profession and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity.

Oakland Counseling Association continues to be dedicated to working with Professional Counselors to provide opportunities for Professional Development. This year is quite different for most of us, and because of the challenges the 2020-21 school year has brought, we are not charging a Membership fee to join OCA this year, and you will still be able to benefit from all that we have to offer. You will be joining a group dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Oakland County by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing in the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote respect for human dignity and diversity. This year’s professional development opportunities will all be FREE and Virtual to allow for as many interested counselors to join us and benefit from what OCA has to offer.

If you have been a member in the past and there have been changes to your contact information or changes within your department, please email lisakurowski@wlcsd.org with updated contact information or changes so that we can keep our membership data current.

If you are not currently a member but would like to join this year, for FREE, please complete the form below.

Are you a counselor interested in being on the Oakland Counseling Association Board? We currently have a position open for a College Counselor. As a board we try to have representation across Oakland County and various positions. We would love to have more representation in the Southeast quadrant of Oakland County (i.e. Clawson, Troy, Berkley, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Madison, Oak Park, etc). If you work in the SE quadrant and would like to be a part of the board, please email Amanda Gohl at agohl@bloomfield.org.

We are seeking speakers for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year who are interested in providing professional learning for school counselors. Our membership includes school counselors from throughout Oakland County as well as some of the surrounding counties. This professional learning series is intended to help school counselors grow in their practice of supporting students and families in elementary, middle, and high school.

We have designed a speaker series where we are hoping to enlist community mental health agencies, colleges and postsecondary training programs, businesses and apprenticeship programs, military representatives, and school counselors to deliver professional learning to our OCA members. This can serve as an opportunity for you or your organization to engage school counselors in learning more about your services as well as available opportunities for students.

Visit our information sheet for open dates and to submit your proposal!!

Virtual Event Speaker Info

We are working on a new way to introduce our 2020 Award winners from the spring as Covid-19 put a damper on our planning!! Please know that we received your nominations and winners were notified. We are hoping to be able to put out a video in our February Newsletter to honor our 2020 winners.

This year we are are still offering both the Oakland Counseling Association, Counselor of the Year and Terry Hood (Lifetime Achievement) Awards. We are still working, more now that ever!! We hope that you will take the time to nominate one of your colleagues for one of these awards. We know that sometimes counselors do not announce their retirement until after our awards ceremony so if you know a counselor who recently retired who is deserving of the Terry Hood Award, please consider nominating them.

Feel free to forward the nomination links to administrators in your building as well!

Counselor of the Year

Terry Hood Lifetime Achievement

Provider: Oakland Community College

What: Virtual Brown Bag: Cybersecurity

When: January 29, 2021

Where: Virtual

Category: 1.5 College Prep SCECH’s Pending

Registration: https://oaklandcc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrd-CvqDksGNL1EAT2ggj-1uJCrMQhgo7n

Provider: Great Lakes Psychology Group

What: Grief and Loss for Educators - Tools and Resources to Support Students Experiencing Loss

When: May 21, 2021

Where: Virtual

Category: 1 General SCECH Pending

Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdO2qrTstE9FdMwsaLjD7hdIJQvhDOw7x

Visit our Calendar for additional dates to come!

Email: oaklandcounselingassociation@gmail.com
Website: www.oaklandcounselors.org
Twitter: @OCACounseling