Despite the challenges and continued strain on many individuals, counselors have succeeded in identifying opportunities for growth, both for clients and the profession.
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Uncertainty and stress have left Generation Z feeling anxious, depressed and isolated and in desperate need of skills that counseling can provide.
Counselors can offer a nonjudgmental space for clients to authentically discuss a subject they have likely never talked about openly with anyone else.
With rates of binge drinking and alcohol use among women on the rise, counselors need to be sensitive to how trauma and shame can intersect with substance use disorder in female clients.
EMDR can be a powerful therapy for clients, but first counselors must learn how — and when — to use it effectively.
They say laughter is the best medicine, and improv does make clients and counselors laugh, but in the process, it also teaches life skills that can improve mental and emotional well-being.
Counselors can be a source of support for clients whose mental health is affecting — or even derailing — their work life.
The therapeutic relationship helps provide a healthy model and counterpoint to the disconnection and uncertainty survivors experienced when they were trafficked.
S. Kent Butler is no stranger to courageous conversations and social justice advocacy, and as ACA’s 70th president, he plans to use these skills to create a more inclusive counseling environment.
Counselors share what it is like to experience the world as a Black person while working in a profession that remains predominantly white.