Last week’s landmark Supreme Court rulings signified a huge step forward for gay rights — and leaders of the American Counseling Association say the two decisions will impact the profession of counseling, as well. On June 26, the court declared unconstitutional the part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
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Military veteran, graduate student and American Counseling Association member Derek Neuts is working to foster a better connection between counselors, service members and their families to help make the transition to life after combat a little easier. Neuts and his wife, Naomi, founded the Institute for Veteran Cultural Studies (IVCS)
An update to the iPhone’s Siri will allow the personal assistant feature to place more serious focus on its users’ mental health in crisis situations. Now, if a user tells Siri, “I want to kill myself,” Apple has directed the service to return with the phone number for the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Prior
Counselors are still working to digest the fifth edition of the (DSM-5), released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) last month. To help counselors better understand the revisions and additions and how those changes will impact them, the American Counseling Association is offering six webinars focused on the DSM-5. Rebecca
When running into burning buildings is part of your job description, it’s understandable that your profession might have a substantial impact on your emotional and mental well-being. But for reasons Jeff Dill can’t explain, inadequate focus has been placed on the mental health care of professional and volunteer firefighters. “In
Counselors working in an emergency or disaster setting must be aware of the implications of a shelter-in-place order to effectively assist individuals, families, emergency personnel, and communities.
Though he has written more than 125 publications, Florida-based counselor and educator Jeffrey T. Guterman says he is perhaps most looking forward to the debut of his newest book, the second edition of Mastering the Art of Solution-Focused Counseling, which was published by the American Counseling Association in June.
Licensed professional counselor and college professor Angela McDonald is helping her students learn more about the mental health of military service members, veterans and their families, and what the best practices are for counseling them. McDonald, an assistant professor and program director of the clinical mental health counseling programs at
The National Institute for Mental Health has launched a plan replace the DSM-5 with a new “Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)” project. Stating that the DSM is little more than a dictionary, that the DSM criteria are unreliable, and that those diagnosed with mental disorders “deserve better,” NIMH Director Thomas Insel
With the headline “Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now,” 12-season NBA veteran Collins wrote himself into the history books. Collins, who played this past season for the Washington Wizards and is now a free agent, penned an article for Sports Illustrated and, with it, became the first