Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, college counselors’ outreach to the campus community has required outside-of-the-box thinking and initiatives to connect with students who may not independently seek professional counseling support.
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Counselors look back on the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the hard-won lessons they have learned along the way.
Counselors understood the importance of continuing to provide services in whatever way possible during the pandemic. Rather than simply plugging along, you “plugged in” by using technology when necessary so that you could continue helping others.
If we are truly honest and actively listening, we come to realize that our history is embedded within and walks beside us every day. And when the salient lessons are not by our side, tugging at us like a toddler, they are smack dab in our faces, taunting and beckoning us to fight on.
When clinicians shy away from engaging in therapy themselves, they are limiting their ability to be effective counselors.
There is a frightening truth in our profession: After we leave our graduate programs and finish supervision, nobody is there to tell us what to do. It is up to us to focus on ethics and, sadly, this is where things start slipping.
Counselors have a significant role to play in helping Afghan refugees and U.S. veterans as they face several challenges and conflicting emotions after the U.S.’s sudden withdrawal from Afghanistan this past summer.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a soul wounding experience for many, and therapeutic post-disaster recovery requires transcending the mind, body and spirit for optimal health in the “new normal.”
Turning toward the critical feedback that these social movements have for the mental health professions can aid counselors in repairing ruptures and strengthening the therapeutic work.
Framework integration provides flexibility to personalize, individualize and sequence the treatment according to the stage of the process, all while safeguarding the therapeutic alliance.