2010 Elections
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Each year around this time, any number of charitable organizations begin their end-of-year giving campaigns. There are various reasons why charities conduct this annual ritual. For some people, giving during the holiday season to benefit the less fortunate rings true to who they are. Others make contributions as they approach
Early on in her career as a professional counselor, Sally Atkins was working with a client who was suicidal and experiencing severe depression. Progress was painfully slow, and after several sessions, Atkins feared she and the client had reached an impasse. “As a kind of last resort, I said out
It’s a startling fact: Two out of every three adults in the United States are overweight or obese. That statistic, among others, is revealed in “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009,” a report released in July by the Trust for America’s Health and the
When attendees of the American Counseling Association Annual Conference & Exposition head to Pittsburgh next March, they’ll be in for a treat. Whether in town just for the conference or an extended stay, they’ll find themselves in the middle of the most livable city in the United States, an honor
I hope that title caught your attention and, now, for some reason, here you are, reading this column. Well, I figured you might start reading. Why? Because as professional counselors and counselor educators, you are inquisitive, you like to know what is going on and, as good advocates, you are
Six weeks into her pregnancy with triplets last spring, Kristin Douglas, a licensed professional counselor at Laramie County Community College Counseling Center, had a miscarriage. Douglas, who’s earning her doctorate in counselor education at the University of Wyoming, was no stranger to the grief caused by miscarriage. At the time
“Yoga? I’m not doing no yoga! Not enough testosterone! Yoga’s for girls! It’s just not me!” These were the kind of comments thrown at me when I first introduced a yoga/meditation/relaxation (YMR) group to 15 adolescent boys. Now, three years later, when a new boy joins the program, I still
When Gerald “Jerry” Corey steps to the podium at the American Counseling Association Conference & Exposition in Pittsburgh this coming March, he’ll have two things on his mind: the counselor as a person and the counselor as a professional. “I want to address the importance of self-care for counselors and
This past summer, the American Counseling Association hosted its first-ever Institute for Leadership Training, sponsored by the four regions of ACA. Rather than these four entities holding their traditional fall meetings, everyone gathered in Alexandria, Va., the city that is home to ACA’s national headquarters and just across the river