Because Black women in the United States face an alarmingly higher rate of maternal mortality and mental health conditions, counselors should be prepared to help clients manage their mental health while also advocating for quality care from health providers.
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Mentoring ensures the counseling profession continues to grow by helping students, new professionals and others entering the field develop the skills they need to succeed.
Black individuals are more likely to experience mental health problems but are less likely to seek treatment for a variety of reasons.
By remaining clinically objective, do counselors inadvertently sacrifice the client’s humanity?
Counselors can help youth aging out of foster care process feelings of grief and loss and develop coping skills that can help them build healthy relationships in the future.
Social media has escalated the impact of bullying, especially for youth, so counselors may need to include a client’s social media footprint as well as suicidal ideation in the intake process.
The rise of telebehavioral health led one therapist to rediscover the value of in-person therapy and multisensory experiences.
Therapy dogs can be more than our best friends; they can also help reduce clients’ stress and provide the emotional safety needed to process traumatic and painful life events.
Psychological abuse is a complex and prevalent issue that can go unnoticed unless clinicians learn to recognize the signs and use appropriate interventions to support clients.
Older youth who have aged out of the foster care system face many challenges — all of which can negatively affect their mental health without proper support, empathy and guidance.