There is sound research available that demonstrates the efficacy of certain evidence-based treatments when working with the military population. However, most of that research seems to disregard the necessary prerequisite for counselors in achieving reliable treatment outcomes — the ability to build trust with a client population that has a
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T onight, 5-year-old Jonathan is a fretful, whiney and downright irritable child, and with good reason. He is sneezing, running a low-grade fever and has a runny nose, symptoms so easily recognized that even Jonathan can diagnose himself as having a cold. Five-year-old Greg is just as fretful, whiney and
Each day, society is faced with any number of tragedies, traumas and emergencies where lives literally hang in the balance. Many of you have faced situations in which the action you took, based on years of education, experience and training, allowed you to step in and save a life. After
N ow that the delegates of 20/20: A Vision for the Future of Counseling have had their final deliberations, it is time for all of us to reflect on the outcomes of the labor of those individuals from 31 of the most influential organizations in counseling. Unification of the profession?
“I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during their early adult life. Darkness would make them appreciate sight; silence would teach them the joys of sound.” — Helen Keller, author and educator “At some point, we
In any given year, as many as one in five American children and adolescents experiences a mental health disorder, according to a study released in May from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To Lynn Linde, that is evidence that an irrefutable need for professional school counselors exists.
Five years ago, Matthew Carlson responded to the call of a house fire. It was a relatively routine part of his job. A certified firefighter and medical first responder, Carlson was no stranger to trauma, but the tragedy he witnessed that day would stand out from all the others. As
CACREP and CORE entered into an historic affiliation agreement on July 12, 2013 whereby CORE will become a corporate affiliate of CACREP. The agreement includes a process whereby programs that wish to apply for accreditation under CACREP’s newly developed and adopted Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program standards (to be implemented by
American Counseling Association member Karen Swanson Taheri is aiming to make the internship experience and the process afterward easier for counselors with the creation of the Counselor Intern Association of Louisiana (CIAL). CIAL is a division within the Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) dedicated to serving and connecting counselors-in-training who are working
President Obama recently called on Americans to start a “national conversation to increase understanding about mental health” and directed the secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education to launch the National Dialogue on Mental Health. The American Counseling Association is answering the president’s call