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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 63
BY SENATOR CARTER
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 9, 2019, as "Louisiana Counseling Association Day" at the Louisiana
State Capitol.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) was chartered in 1968 as
a branch of the American Counseling Association and encompasses a broad spectrum of
groups, delineated by the area of speciality each practitioner pursues and the association
provides opportunities for sharing of ideas and knowledge and for professional growth; and
WHEREAS, the LCA is a professional association representing the more than
twenty-two hundred professional counselors in various work settings, including licensed
professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, school counselors, college
counselors, college educators involved in training counselors, substance abuse counselors,
career counselors, multi-cultural counselors, and religious counselors; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the LCA is to enrich the life processes and to advance
the profession of counseling; and
WHEREAS, the purposes of the LCA are to organize, administer, and manage the
LCA in such a manner that member groups fulfill the mission of each group and encourage
personal and professional development of the practitioners affiliated with each of these
member groups and to advocate for the profession as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the LCA promotes, supports, and advocates for public policy and
legislation which enhances the counseling profession and supports research and knowledge
that will promote the advancement and dissemination of the positive effects of counseling
by a professional; and
WHEREAS, approximately one in five adults in the United States experience a
diagnosable mental disorder in a given year; and
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WHEREAS, for almost ten million people, the condition is serious enough to affect
their ability to function day-to-day, yet only forty-four percent of adults and twenty percent
of children with diagnosable mental health problems receive the needed treatment; and
WHEREAS, the LCA promotes the profession of mental health counselors
throughout the state of Louisiana and provides a number of services to its members who total
more that twenty-two hundred individual practitioners; and
WHEREAS, the dedication of the women and men of the Louisiana Counseling
Association have made a significant and positive impact in communities throughout the state
and the members of this profession are deserving of recognition and the respect of the
citizens of the state of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate May 9, 2019, as "Louisiana Counseling Association Day" at the
Louisiana State Capitol, in recognition of the immeasurable and positive impact that the
members of the profession of counseling have had on the state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Counseling Association in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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