As I have traveled around the country talking with professional counselors and have received weekly emails from other professional counselors, it has become apparent to me that many of the concerns of ACA members are directly related to the activities of a group usually referred to as the “20/20 Commission.” The formal
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There was a time not that long ago when someone who turned 60 was considered to be in his or her “twilight” years. This person shortly would retire from a career, take up a hobby and hope that his or her health (and wealth) would hold up long enough to
In the world of stereotypes, a counseling session goes something like this: The client lays on the couch, revealing his innermost thoughts to the therapist, who sits in a leather chair, glasses perched low on her nose as she slowly nods and inquires, “And how did that make you feel?” In
On Oct. 20, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved legislation, with modest bipartisan support, to reauthorize federal elementary and secondary education programs in a 15-to-7 vote. The legislation rewrites the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, most recently authorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act)
States that offer abstinence-only education in public schools do not yield more abstinent students or less pregnancies, according to a newly released study from the University of Georgia. The researchers analyzed pregnancy and birth data from 48 U.S. states in order to evaluate the effectiveness of their approaches to sex
Having a creative friend or partner might spice things up in your life, but that unique worldview might be the very reason they are more likely to deceive you, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. A Duke University study using a series of tests gauging participants’ creativity,
An August report from the National Center for Veterans’ Studies revealed that war veterans in college need to pay close attention to their mental health, as nearly half reported thinking about suicide. As The Washington Post reports, the transition from war to college life continues to be difficult for veterans. Twenty-three-year-old veteran Brian
The stability and happiness in your marriage can be affected by someone other than your spouse, say researchers from Baylor University; your marriage can also be impacted by your boss. An online survey of 280 full-time employees and their partners found that employees who worked for abusive supervisors — which
The best way to get past a traumatic experience might be to sleep on it. A University of California, Berkeley, study focusing on the importance of REM sleep found that dream sleep can lessen the pain of certain memories and might be pivotal in helping people who suffer from post-traumatic stress
There has been a lot of speculation as to whether multivitamins are actually good for our health. But Taiwanese researchers have discovered that popping these pills every day might be doing a bigger detriment to our mental health. It turns out that a daily dose of multivitamins can give a