Alicia Dorn, a licensed clinical professional counselor in Maryland, has had clients come to see for help managing the emotional toll that comes with living with long COVID — a condition that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines as “a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing
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Behind the Book: Q&A with Ford Brooks and Bill McHenry on substance use and addiction
Substance use and drug overdoses have significantly increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rising need for mental health and addiction services led co-authors Ford Brooks and Bill McHenry to publish a third edition of A Contemporary Approach to Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Counseling. The revised edition
The benefits of clinical consultation groups
If you believe consultation groups are boring and not especially useful, think again. We are clinical supervisors who participate in a successful consultation group that is fun and growth producing. In this article, we discuss several key benefits for the creation of consultation groups, regardless of experience or place of
Addressing the loneliness epidemic
Rates of loneliness have been increasing over the past two decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic only seemed to exacerbate the issue. In May, the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory declaring loneliness a public health epidemic and noted that approximately half of U.S. adults are experiencing levels of loneliness. Counselors are
Prioritizing trauma-informed care
Trauma is pervasive and its roots can take hold from an early age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 64% of adults reported they had experienced at least one type of adverse childhood experience before age 18, and nearly 17.3% reported they had experienced four
Essential skill development for meaningful social connection
Research has identified the important role social connectivity plays in mental wellness. As trauma experts, we also recognize how attachment deficits and trauma wounds can impact components of making and maintaining relationships. Attachment deficits may cause people to seek friends and partners who possess similar characteristics to their insecure attachment
Navigating white privilege in the counseling room
DeVona Alleyne, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) at Millennium Counseling Center in Chicago, says people of color who seek counseling services face a particular reality — the likelihood that the therapist sitting across from them will be white. “The numbers are obvious,” Alleyne says. “There are far more white therapists
Taking a culturally responsive approach to suicide assessment
Although the overall suicide rate in the United States has been decreasing in the past few years, death by suicide among people in marginalized groups has been increasing at an alarming rate. According to data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Indian and Alaska Native people had
Treating anxiety in children
Childhood is quickly becoming a time of increased worry and emotional distress. According to a Department of Health and Human Services study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in March 2022, the number of children aged 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety grew by 29% between 2016
Seasonal affective disorder and the summertime blues
For many people, summer is a happy time, filled with pool parties, barbeques, and vacations, but people who experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during the summer months often find themselves dreading the heat and longer days. Dr. Norman Rosenthal, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine,