It is a common belief that clients seek counseling to begin or continue change. In the case of recent immigrants, change is a significant, ongoing process. Deciding to leave one’s home country to make a new life somewhere else requires considerable bravery and faith that the future will be as
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A group of female classmates has been harassing 13-year-old Marie for a month, making fun of her clothing and her weight. She has stopped socializing, other than to check Facebook to ensure no other hurtful things are being said about her. She sleeps fitfully, has stopped eating regularly and her
Ask Don W. Locke what his motivation was for becoming president of the American Counseling Association, and he’ll answer quite simply that it was “payback time.” “ACA has been so much a part of my life professionally, I feel I owe it. Being president is a way I can give
Each July, ACA experiences the transition from one leadership group to another. We have done it this way for many, many years. Although some volunteer leaders carry over into the new year, most have fulfilled their terms and have moved on. To all those serving this year, I say welcome
Judith S. Beck, president of the famous Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, was a keynote speaker at the 2011 American Counseling Association Annual Conference in New Orleans this past March. ACA Chief Professional Officer David Kaplan recently followed up with Beck to discuss current aspects of cognitive behavior
When Kim Olver set out to find 100 happy couples to profile for a book, it turned into a much tougher task than she had ever anticipated. It also affirmed for her the genuine need for a book about making relationships work. “It took me two years to find 100
For years, I have read the president’s message in Counseling Today. With each article, I felt I came to know about and understand more clearly the direction of our profession and the individuals chosen to lead us for short periods of time. I hope that with these monthly columns, I can
Can you believe how the year has just flown by and that this is my last column to you? As I contemplated what I would say, so many thoughts flooded my mind that I wondered how I could pull them all together and still stay within my limited word count.
As someone who has worked for the American Counseling Association for more than 20 years, you might think that I have seen it all and heard it all. But truth be known, I have been in learning mode the entire time I have served the association, first in the area
Julie Bates offers a sobering thought to anyone who assumes that certain individuals choose a life of addiction. Bates, a doctoral candidate in counselor education at Penn State University, worked for three years at a methadone clinic in Massachusetts. One of her clients, a 23-year-old woman who exhibited track marks