What is Chi Sigma Iota?

Chi Sigma Iota is the international honor society of professional counseling. It was established 1985 through the efforts of leaders in the profession of counseling whose desire was to provide recognition for outstanding achievement as well as outstanding service within the profession. CSI was created for counselors-in-training, counselor educators, and professional counselors whose career commitment is to research and service through professional counseling.

Our mission is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the profession of counseling.

Nationally, CSI currently have over 12,000 active members and over 61,000 initiated members. This makes CSI one of the largest single member organizations of professional counselors in the world. We have 254 chapters in the USA, Europe, and the Philippines with more added as counselor education programs commit to meeting national accreditation preparation standards. Members will be found in countries all over the world, most of whom were educated in US university programs described above. With the spread of professional counseling to other countries on the rise, we expect to support more chapters in more countries in the future.

 

Our Symbols and Colors

The Greek letters for CSI were selected to denote that we are the Counseling Society International. Our mission is to promote excellence in the profession of counseling on a truly international scope.

The CSI colors of white and blue were chosen to symbolize the values of the Society.

• White is for virtue, meaning goodness; general moral excellence; right action and thinking
• Blue is for trustworthy, incorporating honesty, integrity, reliability, and justice toward others
• Integrity is implicit in the meaning of both of these colors.

The wreath was chosen to encircle the Greek letters in our trademarked logo as a symbol of honor earned and promise for continued commitment to high ideals.