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There is an inherent symbiotic relationship that exists among related professional counseling organizations. These entities coexist, support one another, encourage and challenge one another, disseminate information, and act as gatekeepers. Major counseling entities include the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the Journal of Counseling and Development (JCD) Given the new CACREP 2009 standards, it is time for counselor educators to review and possibly revamp their training programs to better reflect the current issues faced by those in the counseling field. Counselor educators will benefit from having a clearer picture of how our research literature and professional standards correspond and contrast to inform and guide our practices. Specifically, it is timely for counselor educators to contemplate how counseling flagship journal publications correspond to CACREP guidelines as they seek to best inform their students about the issues A b s t r a c t Researchers analyzed 538 Journal of Counseling and Development articles published from 1997-2006 for fit with the 2001 and 2009 eight core areas of Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. The articles fell into three tiers based on the number of articles assigned to each core area. March 25th, 2011 Joel F. Diambra, Melinda M. Gibbons, Jeff L. Cochran, Shawn Spurgeon, Whitney L. Jarnagin, Porché Wynn T he S ymbiotic R elationships of the C ounseling P rofession ’ s A ccrediting B ody , A merican C ounseling A ssociation , F lagship J ournal and N ational C ertification A gency TPC Digest Go To Article