ACA organized a roundtable discussion with congressional and state representatives on policies that can help reduce anti-Asian racism and discrimination.
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Counselors may want to help clients by providing court testimony, writing letters of documentation and other methods of advocacy, but clinicians should be careful not to extend themselves beyond the limits of their training and expertise.
Bernadine Craft, an ACA member and former state legislator, urges other counselors to speak out for those whose voices go unheard.
Athletes face unrealistic expectations to be unbreakable — both physically and mentally — but they are susceptible to the same mental health problems as the rest of us.
As trauma therapists, we recognize that we cannot be expected to resume pre-COVID activities at full capacity. We can help our clients and one another understand the changes and aid in a trauma informed re-entry.
There are many reasons why our clients deceive us, but a common one is because they are testing our trustworthiness. How easy it is to test us with one story when there is a much more important story they really need to tell.
We must all become queer-competent counselors and the agents of change in our increasingly progressive field.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the key to increasing vaccination rates is for people who are uncertain about the COVID-19 vaccine to hear from people they trust, including professional counselors.
Why isn’t mental health therapy more affordable?
Winning doctoral level team celebrated for essay entry highlighting a counseling scenario using the ACA Code of Ethics.