On Sept. 10, the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), along with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, revealed the revised version of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP). The strategy, revised after nearly a decade of research, aims to place
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Counselors Audience
(Press Release from SAMHSA) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Administrator Pamela S. Hyde announced the award of a minority fellowship grant of up to $1.6 million to expand the behavioral health workforce in order to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes for traditionally underserved
Earlier this year, in an article for the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, we proposed that interpersonal skills training is fundamental to effective performance in all aspects of police work. We argued that although police officers receive expert training in tactical and legal skills, and that their mastery of these skills
The elementary school counseling model used in the Athens (Ohio) City Schools is one in which our counselors serve several schools, so I (Katherine Ziff) structure my work with priority to offering preventive and developmental services to groups of children. Three years ago, in consultation with our school psychologists and
For some counselors, meeting clients where they’re at is more than a figure of speech. Counselors who specialize in home-based therapy work with clients in their living rooms and at their kitchen tables, giving much-needed assistance to families and individuals who otherwise might not be able to access mental health
Write what you know. This classic adage from creative writing class has launched many a novel. According to those who practice narrative therapy, it also can launch a counseling client into a transformative and healing process of self-reflection. Narrative therapy refers to the work most often attributed to Michael White
Offering counseling treatments that are backed by research is a personal passion for R. Trent Codd. When he founded the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Center of Western North Carolina 11 years ago, it was with the mission of delivering and disseminating evidence-based treatments. His practice hires only clinicians who are trained in
In this sidebar to the September cover story, two counselors with different backgrounds share their thoughts on evidence-based counseling. Click here to read the cover story, “Proof Positive?” A view from across the pond Johanna Sartori is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy-accredited counselor/psychotherapist working in private practice in
In the past, tourists looking for a vacation hotspot in the Midwest tended to overlook Cincinnati in favor of larger cities. But this diamond in the rough has undergone a cultural transformation throughout the past decade — so much so that well-known travel guide Lonely Planet named Cincinnati one of its
The American Counseling Association once again served as a program partner with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the seventh annual Voice Awards ceremony on Aug. 22. Taking place in Hollywood and hosted by David Shore, writer, producer and creator of the TV series “House M.D.,” the ceremony