“Each one of us is responsible not only for ourselves but for one another too. What have you done? What will you do? How will you hold yourself and others accountable and measure your progress?”
Month: July 2020
“In the midst of the pandemic, we realized there is no vaccine for racism.”
“As a general rule, I tell my students to plan on five years post-bachelor’s degree before they really start making a decent living and can focus on their preferred areas of practice. That is a long time and, even then, annual incomes vary tremendously.”
Counselors can help clients heal from racial trauma and take steps to intervene in the racist systems that negatively affect the mental health of Black Americans.
“We can do more as counselors by providing these clients with behavioral support as they work to change. We must give the clients real, behavioral techniques that they can use in the moment.”
The staff of Counseling Today recently won four awards in APEX 2020, the 32nd annual awards competition for publication excellence presented by Communications Concepts. Senior writer and social media coordinator Bethany Bray won a Grand Award in the writing category for her January 2020 cover story, “Dealing with the realities
Working on the marriage means that each individual must also work on themselves.
Supporting clients’ mental health takes on a new dimension when a job loss or income reduction is added to everything else they are managing during COVID-19.
An integrative mind-body counseling approach often holds answers for clients who have suffered for years from chronic pain and exhausted traditional medical interventions with little to no relief.
Research demonstrates that people can remedy stress if they laugh more (casual leisure), find a hobby (serious leisure) and engage in meaning-making activities such as volunteering in their communities or toward social causes (project-based leisure).