Past, present or future: Where do you usually live?
When you are in the present moment, you are not waiting for the next moment to be fulfilling or happy.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Madhuri Govindu Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives mindfulness stress & anxiety Source Type: research
Embracing the realities of retirement
Many people spend their working lives dreaming of retirement, only to be blindsided by the social and emotional issues that may be awaiting them once they leave the job behind.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Chris Morkides Tags: Counseling Today Features Adult Development & Aging Human Development Across the Lifespan loneliness Source Type: research
Journeying through betrayal trauma
Individuals who discover a partner’s infidelity and deception must undertake a challenging journey to find healing for the mind, heart and soul.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 6, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Allan J. Katz and Michele Saffier Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights behavioral addiction Couples divorce Marriage relationships trauma Source Type: research
Behind the scenes with a counselor-in-training
"If you’re a counselor-in-training, licensed clinician or healer looking for an article to share when you’re too tired to explain to a loved one what’s going on for you, here’s that link."
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Source: Counseling Today - June 2, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Allison Hauser Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives counselor supervision Students Audience (Grad/post-grad) Source Type: research
From the President: When I was younger
Let’s move past the feel-good moment where we are inspired by a message and empower each other to get out and do the work... Together, let’s demand a just world where each of us gets to be our whole, unapologetic selves in spaces where we were once denied.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: S. Kent Butler Tags: Counseling Today From the President Source Type: research
CEO ’ s Message: My final column — three decades in the making!
"Working for ACA has been way more than just a job. It has been one of the greatest experiences and honors of my lifetime. I am indebted to all who walked with me on this journey, and I hope that as I exit, I am leaving ACA and the counseling profession just a little better than when I started."
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Source: Counseling Today - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Richard Yep Tags: Counseling Today From the CEO Source Type: research
Rebuilding after brain injury
Professional counselors possess the skills needed to help clients with traumatic brain injury process loss and change while also finding new meaning.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 31, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Bethany Bray Tags: Counseling Today Features chronic illness dementia interdisciplinary multidisciplinary sports counseling traumatic brain injury Source Type: research
Voice of Experience: The mean dog
Counselors: Consider keeping this metaphor in your back pocket to help clients understand grief, addictions, trauma and other challenges that seem to linger -- no matter how much you want them to go away and stop "barking."
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Source: Counseling Today - May 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Gregory K. Moffatt Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Voice of Experience Source Type: research
Statement of the American Counseling Association on the School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
While we expect to hear a renewed debate about the access that people have to guns in our country, there also needs to be discussion, discernment and action focused on societal issues that set the stage for these tragic events.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Counseling Today Source Type: research
Sex-positive counseling
Counselors must increase their own comfort and knowledge around sexuality before they can help clients navigate theirs.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 24, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Lindsey Phillips Tags: Counseling Today Cover Stories Sexual Wellness Source Type: research
Counseling after brain injury: Do ’s and don’ts
Counseling can make a big difference in the lives of people who have experienced a brain injury — as long as the practitioner understands the challenges they live with and nuances of their needs.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 20, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Bethany Bray Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives chronic illness Counselors Audience traumatic brain injury Source Type: research
Mental gymnastics: Navigating challenging relationships
Helping clients through problematic relationships can be one of the toughest challenges for counselors. Consider these strategies for addressing some of the mental and emotional issues clients face in navigating their relationships.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Grace Hipona Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives relationships stress & anxiety Source Type: research
Developing competence to address undue police violence
The demands of the task are complex and politically charged, but counselors have a responsibility to address undue police violence in support of the wellness of the client populations they serve.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Darius Green Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights First Responders Multiculturalism & Diversity Source Type: research
How to elicit and implement group feedback
Given the complex variables at play in group settings, it is critical that counselors seek client feedback directly rather than relying on their own clinical judgments regarding treatment efficacy.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Ashley E. Wadsworth Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights Group Work Source Type: research
Counseling girls and women in the current cultural climate
Superwoman, #metoo, COVID-19 and so much in between: Refocusing on the complex, intersectional, and cultural needs of girls and women in counseling.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 5, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Tracy Peed, Crissa Allen, Mary A. Hermann, J. Richelle Joe and Anna M. Viviani Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives women workplace stress Source Type: research
