Our Work
Education and Training
The International Association for Space Counseling advances high-quality education and training in space counseling, behavioral health, human adaptation, and psychologically informed human-performance support.
Important notice
IASC is a professional membership association. We do not provide licensing services, issue professional credentials, or confer any license or certification. Participation in IASC educational or training activities does not fulfill, substitute for, or satisfy any licensure, continuing education, or credentialing requirement. Members are responsible for verifying all applicable requirements with the appropriate licensing boards and regulatory authorities in their jurisdiction.
IASC Teaching Statement
The International Association for Space Counseling advances high-quality education and training in space counseling, behavioral health, human adaptation, and psychologically informed human-performance support. IASC promotes accessible, evidence-informed, and culturally responsive learning experiences that prepare students, counselors, supervisors, researchers, educators, and interdisciplinary professionals to understand and respond to the behavioral-health realities of human spaceflight and extreme environments.
IASC supports curriculum and professional-development opportunities that connect counseling knowledge with space psychology, human factors, aerospace medicine, ethics, systems thinking, telehealth, team dynamics, family systems, and international collaboration. Educational offerings should translate emerging research into practical knowledge while clearly distinguishing established evidence from developing theory, expert consensus, and exploratory practice.