It is imperative that counselors maintain their professional identity, uphold the ACA Code of Ethics, and advocate for their clients’ well-being, even as they work with other health care treatment providers.
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Intentionally infusing social justice advocacy and human rights components into the array of coursework will benefit graduate students’ self-efficacy, their clients, and, ultimately, society at large.
You have the control and ability to elect those whom you believe will best serve your interests and those of the profession. I encourage you to take a look at who is running for ACA national, region and division positions. Make your voice heard — by voting!
December is here, a time of year (along with the months of May and August) when many colleges and universities hold commencement. The prospect of completing a hard-earned master’s or doctoral degree in counseling is both awesome and daunting. Rightly, graduates are proud of the time and personal and financial
As we work with clients who are transitioning from the summer of their youth to the autumn passage of middle adulthood, we can remind them of their strengths and the gifts they have cultivated throughout their lives.
Vaping has received a significant amount of negative publicity over the past several months, but counselors say that alone won’t motivate most users to stop.
Counselors share the lessons they’ve learned along the way in their efforts to translate the ideal of multicultural competence into practical action.
“What I am suggesting is that, at a minimum, we take the time to think about the potential ramifications of [client] diagnoses 10 or 20 years into the future. We can’t know every possible outcome, of course, but some things are predictable.”
“Human rights issues can potentially affect anyone. Therefore, human rights have a seat at the counseling table.”
As a licensed professional counselor, you have knowledge, awareness and skills that would be tremendously useful in times of strife. It is just a matter of getting that content “out there” in the public.