Managing a counseling practice takes strength of both heart and mind. To succeed, private practitioners must find balance between two roles: that of the caring, empathic and client-focused clinician and that of the shrewd business owner, which necessarily involves charging fees and making money. Most people who enter the counseling
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Enhancing the genogram to incorporate a narrative perspective
The first time I watched my internship supervisor use a genogram, I became enamored. Here was a tool that instantly created dialogue between counselor and client as they reviewed family history, dynamics, health, socioeconomic data and more. But a funny thing happened when I began incorporating the genogram into my
How COVID-19 is affecting our fears, phobias and anxieties
When faced with a new, unknown virus, our anxiety can take over, and we often assume the worst. We indulge our fears. We panic. The uncertainty overwhelms us, exacerbating old anxieties and fears and creating many new ones. If this reaction sounds familiar, you were likely alive when HIV, the
Working our way through a pandemic
To appropriate a turn of phrase from Queen Elizabeth II, 2020 was our collective annus horribilis (horrible year). The queen was referring to 1992, a year that featured the implosion of three royal marriages, a devastatingly destructive fire at Windsor Castle, and unfortunate headlines involving Sarah Ferguson’s new beau and
Counseling outside the box
Clients bring an unending range of presenting issues, personalities, life histories and challenges into counseling. Fortunately, counselors also have an infinite supply of tools for forging therapeutic bonds, meeting clients’ needs and helping clients tell their stories. Counselors need only flex their creative muscles to find approaches that can bolster
Counseling Connoisseur: Hope in action and mental health
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. – Desmond Tutu [NOTE: This is this first piece in a COVID-19 recovery series] Without a doubt, 2020 was a challenging year. Many of us greeted the New Year with arms wide open in
Addressing the invisibility of Arab American issues in higher education
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in just about everyone’s life, and it is not lost on me that individuals are deeply feeling the cost of this pandemic. Too many people are grieving the loss of loved ones, recovering from their own illnesses, suffering from food and housing insecurity, and coping with
No rest for the bullied
The climate of intolerance, anger and, to put it plainly, hate, that was encouraged to bloom during the past four years have kept Jessi Eden Brown busy as the professional coach for the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) and in her private psychotherapy practice in Seattle. According to the WBI, targets
Far away, so close: Negotiating relationships during COVID-19
COVID-19 has taken away many of our in-person interactions. Office chitchat by the coffee maker. Happy hour with friends. Holiday celebrations. Friends, co-workers, extended family — since the pandemic began, many of us have seen them only virtually. In many ways, it’s like we’re all stuck on our own desert
Using the ‘tap in dedication’ technique
Emma quickly checks her watch as she turns her key in the lock. It’s 9:57 p.m. She sighs as she pushes open the door and quickly moves to her room to drop off her bags before heading to the kitchen to make dinner, her second meal of the day since