The next generation of counseling leaders and advocates “must embrace the complex issues facing our clients, the profession as a whole, and our national and global societies if we are to advance and continue to distinguish excellence in professional counseling.”
Tag: Counselors Audience
Counselors Audience
Counselors look back on the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the hard-won lessons they have learned along the way.
When clinicians shy away from engaging in therapy themselves, they are limiting their ability to be effective counselors.
ACA organized a town hall to discuss the changes counselors need to make to meet new requirements under the No Surprises Act.
More and more American adults are choosing not to get married or live with a romantic partner. How can the counseling profession best meet the unique mental health needs of this growing demographic?
EMDR can be a powerful therapy for clients, but first counselors must learn how — and when — to use it effectively.
Competently assessing client needs and determining an accurate treatment plan are skills that counselors need to continually develop and improve throughout their career.
Clients who have experienced domestic violence need to find safety and validation in the therapeutic relationship, not be pressed to answer questions about why they didn’t leave their abuser.
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.