Advocacy Update: Tips for effective advocacy
Learn six tips that can help you or your organization effectively advocate for the mental health profession.
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Source: Counseling Today - July 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Brian D. Banks Tags: Advocacy Update Counseling Today Source Type: research
Conceptualizing and assessing race-based traumatic stress
The toll of racism is implicated in health and mental health disparities that can be addressed only through knowledge, awareness and a commitment to culturally responsive care.
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Source: Counseling Today - July 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Portia Allie-Turco Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Assessment Multiculturalism & Diversity race stress & anxiety trauma Source Type: research
From the President: Creating change within the profession
The 72nd president of the American Counseling Association introduces himself to members and outlines his initiatives for the year.
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Source: Counseling Today - July 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Edil Torres Rivera Tags: Counseling Today From the President Source Type: research
5 takeaways from the 2023 Virtual Hill Day
ACA’s 2023 Virtual Hill Day provided counselors with tips on how to effectively advocate with members of Congress.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Samantha Cooper Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives advocate Professional Issues Source Type: research
Voice of Experience: Professional organizations
It’s easy for counselors to become isolated unless they are intentional about joining professional organizations that meet their needs.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Gregory K. Moffatt Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Professional Issues Voice of Experience Source Type: research
ACA and SAIGE co-host webinar on LGBTQ+ advocacy and allyship
With more anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being introduced every day, counselors can take steps to advocate on behalf of their clients.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Samantha Cooper Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives advocate LGBTQ Issues Source Type: research
Behind the Book: Counselor Self-Care (2nd edition)
ACA's latest book provides practical advice for how counselors can manage stress, create a self-care plan and put this plan into action.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Self-care Source Type: research
A cultural framework for generational trauma
With the right clinical framework, counselors can help clients identify and process the complex experiences of intergenerational trauma.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Jyotsana Sharma, Carolyn Shivers and Cadence Bolinger Tags: Counseling Today Member Insights Assessment Multiculturalism & Diversity trauma Source Type: research
Behind the Book: Doing Counseling: Developing Your Clinical Skills and Style
This ACA book breaks down the counseling process and helps counselors cultivate their own counseling style.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Professional Issues Source Type: research
Forming friendships as a neurodivergent adult
Making friends isn’t always easy, but it can be especially challenging for neurodivergent adults.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Samantha Cooper Tags: Counseling Today Features ADHD autism neurodiverse relationships Source Type: research
Legislative bills increase fear and trauma in transgender community
Advocates and allies say counselors can take additional steps to offer support, both professionally and politically.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 9, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Samantha Cooper Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives LGBTQ Issues Source Type: research
Advocacy Update: Collaborating for change
We must think beyond fill-in-the-blank traditional advocacy approaches and work toward greater collaboration among mental health providers.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Dominique N. Marsalek Tags: Advocacy Update Counseling Today Special Features Source Type: research
Addressing intimate partner violence with LGBTQ+ clients
Intimate partner violence among LGBTQ+ individuals often goes unacknowledged and untreated, despite occurring at rates equal to or greater than those experienced by heterosexual couples.
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Source: Counseling Today - June 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Lisa R. Rhodes Tags: Counseling Today Features domestic violence LGBTQ Issues Source Type: research
Voice of Experience: Swords and shields
Clients often use their words and behaviors as weapons, and how counselors respond to this makes a difference in the therapeutic outcome.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Gregory K. Moffatt Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Professional Issues Voice of Experience Source Type: research
The mental toll of adult bullying
Counselors can help clients who have experienced adult bullying learn to heal and take back their power.
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Source: Counseling Today - May 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: By Lisa R. Rhodes Tags: Counseling Today Online Exclusives Bullying Source Type: research
