Kimberly Frazier, ACA’s 71st president, is comfortable with challenging the status quo and passionate about promoting diversity, mentoring, and counselor wellness and self-care.
Category: Features
The lack of evidence-based research supporting somatic therapy raises skepticism among many clinicians, but for those who do use it with clients, the benefits are clear.
Many people spend their working lives dreaming of retirement, only to be blindsided by the social and emotional issues that may be awaiting them once they leave the job behind.
Professional counselors possess the skills needed to help clients with traumatic brain injury process loss and change while also finding new meaning.
Counselors will inevitably be confronted by countertransference, but by learning to recognize and manage it, an experience that has sometimes been stigmatized can become a tool for professional and personal growth.
Three counselors share lessons learned so that other clinicians can enter private practice with eyes wide open — both to the challenges and the opportunities.
With more states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use, counselors are being forced to consider the potential pros and cons in their work with clients.
When clinicians shy away from engaging in therapy themselves, they are limiting their ability to be effective counselors.
Uncovering the childhood genesis of unresolved wounding, relational patterns and conflicts can help couples reach new levels of understanding and compassion.
Professional counselors are blending aspects of couples counseling into premarital work to meet the needs of today’s couples.