The impact of legalized marijuana on professional counseling
With more states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use, counselors are being forced to consider the potential pros and cons in their work with clients.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Bethany Bray Tags: Counseling Today Features Counselors Audience Substance dependence and addictions Source Type: research
Self-diagnosis in a digital world
Thanks to the popularity of social media postings about mental health and the ease of searching for symptoms online, more people are being tempted to self-diagnose, but is that necessarily a troubling trend for counselors?
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Source: Counseling Today - March 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Lindsey Phillips Tags: Counseling Today Cover Stories Mental Health Professional Issues social media Source Type: research
The rise of counselors on social media
More people are turning to social media for mental health advice, so how can counselors use the platforms to educate others while still maintaining their own boundaries?
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Source: Counseling Today - March 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Lindsey Phillips Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Counselors Audience social media Source Type: research
Voice of Experience: If it were easy
We master our craft by working with the hardest clients, facing the most difficult ethical problems and pushing ourselves professionally in every area. You will never sharpen a knife with a soft piece of wood, and you will never sharpen your skills by taking the path of least resistance.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Gregory K. Moffatt Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Voice of Experience Source Type: research
When counselors grieve: Witnessing a loved one approach death gracefully
"The price we pay for loving someone so fully, so unconditionally and so openly is to grieve their passing with our whole heart, soul and being."
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Source: Counseling Today - March 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Suzanne A. Whitehead Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives cancer caretaking end-of-life Source Type: research
Counseling From a Survivor ’s Perspective: Understanding the cycle of abuse
Understanding that the cycle of abuse can feel like a never-ending roller coaster ride for survivors is the first step in helping clients prepare for the challenges that lie ahead.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Leontyne Evans Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Counseling From a Survivor’s Perspective domestic violence Source Type: research
Behind the Book: Counseling Leaders and Advocates: Strengthening the Future of the Profession
The next generation of counseling leaders and advocates “must embrace the complex issues facing our clients, the profession as a whole, and our national and global societies if we are to advance and continue to distinguish excellence in professional counseling.”
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Source: Counseling Today - March 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Compiled by Lindsey Phillips Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives advocate Counselors Audience Professional Issues Source Type: research
Other people ’s monsters: A personal account of vicarious traumatization
A regimen of mindfulness practices, meetings with a professional support network and authentic sharing with his natural supports helped a counselor accept and manage the symptoms of vicarious trauma.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By James M. Smith Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights Counselor Wellness trauma Source Type: research
Counselor burnout during COVID-19
Three research studies suggest that counselors did not burn out at a higher-than-normal rate during the first year of COVID-19, but the experience of pandemic fatigue remains an ongoing challenge.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 8, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Carrie L. Elder, Elizabeth K. Norris and Leann M. Morgan Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights Coronavirus Counselor Wellness Source Type: research
Incorporating creativity into outreach on a college campus
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, college counselors' outreach to the campus community has required outside-of-the-box thinking and initiatives to connect with students who may not independently seek professional counseling support.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Melanie Broadwater Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives College Counseling Creativity Source Type: research
Two years in: Reflecting on counseling during a pandemic
Counselors look back on the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the hard-won lessons they have learned along the way.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Compiled by Bethany Bray Tags: Counseling Today Cover Stories Coronavirus Counselors Audience Source Type: research
CEO ’ s Message: As always, counselors are adapting to change
Counselors understood the importance of continuing to provide services in whatever way possible during the pandemic. Rather than simply plugging along, you “plugged in” by using technology when necessary so that you could continue helping others.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Richard Yep Tags: Counseling Today From the CEO Source Type: research
From the President: Reality
If we are truly honest and actively listening, we come to realize that our history is embedded within and walks beside us every day. And when the salient lessons are not by our side, tugging at us like a toddler, they are smack dab in our faces, taunting and beckoning us to fight on.
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Source: Counseling Today - March 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: S. Kent Butler Tags: Counseling Today From the President Source Type: research
Why your own therapy is so important as a counselor
When clinicians shy away from engaging in therapy themselves, they are limiting their ability to be effective counselors.
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Source: Counseling Today - February 28, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Scott Gleeson Tags: Counseling Today Features Counselor Wellness Counselors Audience Source Type: research
Voice of Experience: A frightening truth in the profession
There is a frightening truth in our profession: After we leave our graduate programs and finish supervision, nobody is there to tell us what to do. It is up to us to focus on ethics and, sadly, this is where things start slipping.
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Source: Counseling Today - February 23, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Gregory K. Moffatt Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Ethics & Legal Issues Voice of Experience Source Type: research
