For some counselors, helping their clients through a divorce may feel like accepting failure. After all, shouldn’t “good counseling” help couples avoid an unhappy end to marriage? But the reality, according to research released in March by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is that half of all first
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Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in as the 21st secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 28, 2009. Since joining the Obama administration, she has been a key strategist in the federal effort to improve the health of Americans and enhance the delivery of human services to
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity now affects 17 percent of U.S. children and adolescents, which adds up to roughly 12.5 million kids. Since 1980, obesity prevalence among this group has almost tripled. Among children and adolescents ages 2 to 19, being overweight translates to a body-mass
When Hilda Davis Carroll turned 60, she was between counseling positions following a layoff. As she watched the sun rise on the morning of her birthday, she thought to herself, “OK, I’m 60. Where do I go from here, and what am I going to do with the rest of
From March 30 to April 3, 1952, four independent associations — the National Vocational Guidance Association, the National Association of Guidance and Counselor Trainers, the Student Personnel Association for Teacher Education and the American College Personnel Association — convened at a joint convention in Los Angeles with the goal of
A client, Abby, comes to counseling to deal with feelings of loneliness and stress following an abrupt breakup with a long-term boyfriend. She had thought they would get married and now is questioning everything: her ability to be in a relationship, the meaning of the past few years and her value as
Kara Carnes-Holt’s daughter had one wish on her fifth birthday. “I wish that this mommy and daddy keep me forever,” the little girl said as she blew out the candles on her cake. Hearing her wish, Carnes-Holt and her husband assured their daughter they were going to keep her forever.
Since 9/11 and the United States’ subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many Americans have grown all too familiar with the term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which was first popularly applied to veterans of the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Today the term shows up regularly in headlines and in
Summer 2019 update: The American Counseling Association has created a state-by-state guide with updated information on licensure requirements across the country. Go to counseling.org/knowledge-center/licensure-requirements for information on licensure in your state or U.S. territory. **** David Kaplan, chief professional officer for the American Counseling Association, delivered the following
No matter their specific area of concentration, all counselors have the same overall goal: to help their clients accomplish their mental health, wellness, education or career-related goals. Even though the underlying mission of the counseling profession is the same, the fact that there are so many different types of counselors —