Five years ago, Kay Sudekum Trotter arrived at a muddy Texas horse ranch wearing capri pants and sandals and wanting to learn more about equine-assisted therapy. By the end of the afternoon, her cute outfit was dirty, her shoes ruined, but this self-proclaimed city girl had been roped by this
Month: June 2008
On Sept. 11, 2007, the Global War on Terrorism entered its sixth year. As of February 2007, more than 1.5 million U.S. warriors had been deployed to the combat zone. According to the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Military Deployment, more than 500,000 warriors have served two combat
Back when I was in my 20s, I knew a guy named Roger who hung wallpaper for a living. The one thing I remember about Roger is that he was always happy. I would often see him on worksites, zipping around with a bounce in his step, singing gleefully under
One of the charges of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee is to educate ACA members about the ACA Code of Ethics. As one way of meeting this task, the Ethics Committee recently held its Fourth Annual Student Case Study Competition. The purpose of the competition was to engage aspiring
Mark Twain once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” That very sentiment can easily be applied to the No Child Left Behind debate, as many school officials have questioned whether this legislation actually interferes with providing school students a well-rounded and quality curriculum. Signed into
Is there anyone who doesn’t face each new season by opening the closet door and trying to determine what they have to wear for the impending changing weather? Similarly, is there anyone who has never stressed out — even a little bit — about what they’re going to wear? Take
As part of an occasional series, Counseling Today features a brief look at an American Counseling Association member or division leader NECA President-Elect Robert Chope Joined ACA in 1974 President-elect of the National Employment Counseling Association Holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of Minnesota Published author of Dancing
Recently, American Counseling Association Chief Professional Officer David Kaplan and I had the opportunity to present a workshop to a group of counselors, graduate students and other community mental health professionals who live and work in the New Orleans area. While we went to share our thoughts on how mental
Alise Bartley, a private practitioner in Ohio, and Carol Klose Smith, then a doctoral student at the University of Iowa, met under extraordinary circumstances — both volunteered to be American Red Cross disaster mental health providers in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The two American Counseling Association members were
Organizations are not machines with precision parts. They involve all kinds of people and relationships. People with ideas, potential, insight and vision. People who follow and people who lead. The American Counseling Association is composed of more than 40,000 members and 60 staff members, and both of these groups perform