Individuals who discover a partner’s infidelity and deception must undertake a challenging journey to find healing for the mind, heart and soul.
Category: Counseling Today
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Let’s move past the feel-good moment where we are inspired by a message and empower each other to get out and do the work… Together, let’s demand a just world where each of us gets to be our whole, unapologetic selves in spaces where we were once denied.
“Working for ACA has been way more than just a job. It has been one of the greatest experiences and honors of my lifetime. I am indebted to all who walked with me on this journey, and I hope that as I exit, I am leaving ACA and the counseling profession just a little better than when I started.”
Professional counselors possess the skills needed to help clients with traumatic brain injury process loss and change while also finding new meaning.
Counselors: Consider keeping this metaphor in your back pocket to help clients understand grief, addictions, trauma and other challenges that seem to linger — no matter how much you want them to go away and stop “barking.”
While we expect to hear a renewed debate about the access that people have to guns in our country, there also needs to be discussion, discernment and action focused on societal issues that set the stage for these tragic events.
Counselors must increase their own comfort and knowledge around sexuality before they can help clients navigate theirs.
Counseling can make a big difference in the lives of people who have experienced a brain injury — as long as the practitioner understands the challenges they live with and nuances of their needs.
Helping clients through problematic relationships can be one of the toughest challenges for counselors. Consider these strategies for addressing some of the mental and emotional issues clients face in navigating their relationships.