Kentucky Counseling Assn

What Kentucky Counseling Assn does

Kentucky Counseling Association (KCA) is a nonprofit professional membership organization serving licensed and pre-licensed counselors, counseling students, and retired members across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As the chartered state affiliate of the American Counseling Association (ACA), KCA represents the profession in state-level advocacy, continuing education, and peer community, organized around 13 regional chapters and a flagship annual conference. The organization is headquartered in Union, Kentucky, and operates with a small staff of 6 employees.

KCA generates revenue through four primary streams: tiered individual membership dues ($60/year for professionals, $30/year for students and retired members, $15/year for emeritus), annual conference registrations, paid continuing-education webinar access ($30 per 1-hour session for non-members), and corporate/event sponsorships from regional employers and institutions. Its commercial footprint is fundamentally a distributed base of small-dollar individual memberships supplemented by event-based income from its annual conference.

The organization's technology footprint is minimal. Its website (kyca.org) is built on MemberClicks, a standard off-the-shelf association management CMS used for membership management, event registration, and content delivery. There is no proprietary platform, no disclosed data assets, and no AI/ML capability evident. Core "products" are membership affiliation, the annual conference, and continuing-education programming, with the regulatory and advocacy function operating through the ACA state-branch structure rather than any technology layer.

Name

Kentucky Counseling Assn

Legal name

Kentucky Counseling Association

Website

https://kyca.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kentucky Counseling Association is a nonprofit state affiliate of the American Counseling Association, serving licensed counselors, students, and retirees across Kentucky through membership dues, an annual conference, continuing education webinars, and regional chapters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

School Counseling & Guidance Services (Academic/Social-Emotional) (EDAJALAF)

Keywords

• Professional counseling association
• Continuing education training
• Membership services
• Professional advocacy
• Ethics and licensure

Headquarters

HQ city

Union

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues from Professional, Retired, Emeritus Retired, Student, and Doctoral Student members. Recurring revenue stream with annual billing.
2. Conference Registrations: Revenue from annual conference registrations including preconference sessions. Members and non-members pay registration fees to attend the KCA Annual Conference and virtual conferences.
3. Webinar Fees: Revenue from continuing education webinars. Members receive discounted or free access; non-members pay registration fees ranging from $30 for 1-hour sessions to higher amounts for multi-hour workshops.
4. Sponsorships: Revenue from corporate sponsors who exhibit at the annual conference and support KCA programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kentucky Counseling Association (KCA) is a nonprofit professional membership organization that serves as the official Kentucky state branch of the American Counseling Association. It sells tiered annual memberships (Professional, Student, Retired, Emeritus), hosts an annual in-person conference and virtual conferences, and delivers continuing education webinars approved by the KY LPC Board and NBCC. The association also provides advocacy, ethics support, leadership programs, scholarships, and networking across 13 regional chapters throughout Kentucky.

Product overview

Kentucky Counseling Association operates as a professional membership organization offering a suite of services for professional counselors, students, and retired professionals. The core offerings include tiered membership programs (Professional, Student, Retired, Emeritus), continuing education through annual conferences (both in-person and virtual), and a webinar series approved by the KY LPC Board and NBCC. The organization also maintains a network of 13 regional chapters throughout Kentucky. The association focuses on advocacy, professional development, networking, ethics support, scholarships, and leadership development programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Membership

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• 4imprintminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Provides promotional products and marketing support for the event.
• Army National GuardminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Military organization supporting professional development for counselors.
• Edward JonesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Financial services firm supporting the counseling community.
• Seven Counties ServicesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Community mental health center serving the Kentucky region.
• University of the CumberlandscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor and scholarship provider. Partners with KCA to provide scholarships for Master's level counseling students at the university.
• Ramey EstepminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Organization serving youth and families in Kentucky.
• Charlie HealthminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Conference sponsor for KCA 2024 annual conference. Mental health treatment provider.
• American Counseling Association (ACA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024KCA is the official state branch of ACA. This is the primary organizational affiliation providing national support, resources, standards, and advocacy coordination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Kentucky Psychological Association: State-level association for psychologists in Kentucky with parallel advocacy, CE, and conference programming. Operates in the same Kentucky mental-health professional ecosystem and competes for overlapping employer sponsorships.
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW) - Kentucky Chapter: Adjacent profession serving social workers who are eligible for KCA's CE-approved trainings per Kentucky regulations. NASW is a partial competitor for CE dollars from Kentucky social workers but serves a different primary profession.

Direct peers

• American School Counselor Association (ASCA): National association specifically for school counselors, a major KCA segment. Competes for school counselor CE dollars and membership, especially for K–12-focused counselors in Kentucky.
• National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Credentialing body whose approval KCA leverages for CE. NBCC offers its own continuing education and certification services that intersect with KCA's training programming, and could be a competitor or partner depending on program scope.
• American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA): National association focused specifically on clinical/mental health counselors. Overlaps with KCA's professional counselor segment on CE, advocacy, and membership, particularly for LPCs in private practice and community settings.
• Tennessee Counseling Association: Another ACA state branch in a neighboring state with comparable membership tiers, conference structure, and chapter network. Useful benchmark for KCA's operational scale and programming depth.
• Ohio Counseling Association: A neighboring state branch of ACA with the same membership/conference/CE model. Directly comparable in structure, mission, and revenue mix, differing only by geographic market.

Broad incumbents

• American Counseling Association (ACA): The national parent organization of KCA and the dominant professional association for counselors in the U.S. ACA offers overlapping CE, advocacy, and membership services at a national scale, and sets the standards that state branches like KCA implement.

Emerging players

• PESI, Inc. Large commercial CE provider offering on-demand counseling webinars and live events. While not a membership association, PESI competes for the same CE dollars Kentucky counselors spend, especially for convenient digital training.
• Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society: Academic honor society for counseling students and professionals. CSI chapters at Kentucky universities overlap with KCA's student recruitment and scholarship pipelines, making it both a pipeline feeder and a potential competing affiliation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KYCounselAssoc
• Facebookfacebook.com/kycounselingorg
• Instagraminstagram.com/kentuckycounselingassoc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kentucky-counseling-assn

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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