In last month’s column, I outlined my three focus areas for the upcoming year and challenged you to consider if the places you work foster justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI). This month I want to continue this conversation and focus on the next steps you take after you discover
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From the President: Highlighting three key areas for the year ahead
Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Kimberly Frazier, the 71st president of the American Counseling Association. I am excited to embark on this new journey, and I hope that I can inspire students, clinicians, professors, researchers and members along the way. As a native of New Orleans and a proud
Breaking barriers
Summer break is something of a foreign concept to Kimberly Frazier. Growing up in New Orleans, Frazier and her siblings spent a large portion of their “lazy” days of summer drilling with flashcards and doing workbook pages at the prompting of their mother, a teacher who spent 51 years in
CEO’s Message: My final column — three decades in the making!
It is hard to believe that after writing more than 250 CEO columns, this will be my last. Over the past 12 months, I have been filled with nostalgia, anticipation and hope — in addition to a gnawing feeling that when I wake up on July 1, 2022, I will
Interventions for attachment and traumatic stress issues in young children
Although mental health professionals acknowledge that clinical issues often look different in young children, treatment practices continue to rely heavily on adult literature. These mostly miniaturized forms of adult treatment are often scaled down using more basic language and vocabulary, but they still depend on discovering ways to encourage the
What’s left unsaid
A child discloses that her grandfather has been sexually abusing her, and the mother’s response is shock that his abuse didn’t stop with her when she was a child. This scene is not uncommon for Molly VanDuser, the president and clinical director of Peace of Mind, an outpatient counseling and trauma treatment
Fertile grounds for bullying
Bullying isn’t just for kids anymore. In the past 10 to 15 years, recognition has grown that bullying goes beyond taunts in the schoolyard. Adults can encounter it at work, “traditional” bullying is now enhanced and magnified by online or cyberbullying, and those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
ACA leaders react to Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage
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
A counseling leader’s unlikely path
It’s a little surprising to find out that someone so passionate about counseling began her professional career as a retail associate at a Jordan Marsh clothing store in Manchester, N.H. Less surprising perhaps is finding out why Cirecie West-Olatunji, who took office as the 62nd president of the American Counseling
Counselors without borders
Answering the need for continued mental health services in the devastated Gulf Coast region, 14 George Mason University graduate students and two counselor educators recently spent a week counseling and consoling Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi. The trip was initiated through the university pilot project Counselors Without Borders to provide