His tormenters reportedly called him “Big Weirdo.” He was sometimes ostracized, with his peers refusing to sit with him in the cafeteria. It sounds like sad, yet typical, bullying behavior in high school or even elementary school. Yet in this case, the victim being bullied is professional football player Jonathan
Month: November 2013
Among the changes found in the recently released f ifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is the addition of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD. During the two-week span between ovulation and the first day of their period, women with PMDD typically feel symptoms which include
It was my first intensive in-home counseling session with Josh, a delightful blue-eyed 10-year-old who was living with his 72-year-old aunt, Katherine. She had been granted custody of Josh a few months before I was assigned to the case. Previous reports and intakes described Josh as a child at risk
Twenty years ago, the preponderance of Elaine Beckwith’s most troubling cases tended to center on substance abuse and the outpouring of near-psychotic clients cast into the general population after the onset of deinstitutionalization. The past few years have brought a new pattern to the fore, one as pronounced as it
According to the U.S. Department of Education, African American and Latino students drop out of school more frequently and have lower high school graduation rates than do their White non-Latino counterparts. There are many reasons for this achievement gap, including failing and under-resourced schools, students residing in unsafe and/or poor neighborhoods,
Over the past few years, our association has sought to enhance its visibility within the global counseling community. The standing ACA International Committee historically has been charged with highlighting counseling issues that affect our international members, as well as those global issues that have import for our overall membership. However,
When I ask professional counselors why they decided to pursue this particular career path, it is rare to hear someone respond that they did it for the money. (OK, honestly, that never happens.) Nor do they respond by saying that they did it for the power, prestige, community standing or
The American Counseling Association’s Professional Standards Committee has spent considerable time exploring the role of field placement in the development of counselors’ professional identity. Surveys on this topic were sent to professional counselors, counselor education programs, internship sites and graduate students. A review of the 148 completed surveys (out of
Among the bills presented at the Oct. 30 Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing was the Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. The bill, also known as S.1155, was partially crafted by the American Counseling Association and would “provide for advance appropriations for certain information technology accounts of the Department of
Finances just might be the great equalizer in the counseling room. From young clients struggling to live within a budget, to high-powered, high-income couples wrestling with disparate spending habits and long-term financial questions, money matters may be one of thte most complicated topics counselors will face. Just as childhood trauma