Allen and Mary have written, keynoted, and presented workshops throughout the world for nearly 40 years. Allen is Distinguished University Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Mary has been recognized nationally as having developed one of the top ten guidance programs in the USA and was honored as one of the first 15 Fellows of the American Counseling Association.

 

Allen and Mary were also founders and former president and Vice President of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm focusing on counseling and therapy skills and the first in the nation to present educational videos on multicultural approaches to counseling and therapy. They both currently serve as consultants to Microtraining/Alexander Street Press.