Helping clients experience peace as the end of life approaches involves understanding and processing the lived experiences and aspects of identity that have shaped them.
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“When the counseling profession comes together, many positive results are possible.”
While prevention services are critical across the life span and in various settings, early identification and treatment of mental health issues can have a life-changing impact on our youth. Counselors can lead the way in mitigating risk factors and fostering resiliency.
Take the time to seek out a community that will ignite you and your clinical practice. It will not only inspire you– it will also benefit your clients.
Counselors can come alongside parents to help them adjust their perspectives on the purposes of and approaches to the contentious topic of child discipline.
Postpartum Support International’s new Certification in Perinatal Mental Health became available in August to counselors and other helping professionals.
Counselors help clients recognize that grief is not reserved solely for big life events such as the loss of a partner, child or other family member, but also for ‘ordinary’ and sometimes societally unacknowledged losses.
A school counselor’s graduate degree and academic training serve only as a base for the continuous learning that happens on the job — in classrooms, via interactions with students, via collaboration with colleagues, and through professional development.
“I don’t know about you, but I want to have greater ownership over my calendar rather than allowing my calendar to have ownership over me.”
Counselors can tap into their interpersonal skills to facilitate meaningful dialogue that invites others to engage rather than become defensive.