Loneliness is a growing public health concern, but counselors can help clients examine the underlying cause of this feeling and learn to rebuild their connections to others.
Tag: social media
Social media has escalated the impact of bullying, especially for youth, so counselors may need to include a client’s social media footprint as well as suicidal ideation in the intake process.
Thanks to the popularity of social media postings about mental health and the ease of searching for symptoms online, more people are being tempted to self-diagnose, but is that necessarily a troubling trend for counselors?
More people are turning to social media for mental health advice, so how can counselors use the platforms to educate others while still maintaining their own boundaries?
For most of us, the positive aspects of social media certainly outweigh the negative ones, so it is more important than ever that we consider our own media literacy to differentiate facts from fake news and misinformation.
Are your clients struggling with active communication? How social media and the pandemic are contributing to this challenge and how we as counselors can address it.
Social media has an outsize influence on many people, making it imperative that counselors provide education, guidance and strategies to ensure that clients take control of the role it plays in their lives.
How do we, as counselors, regain control of our newsfeeds? How do we help clients do the same? The first step is reflecting on the impact of this breaking news culture on your personal and professional life.
Keeping up with the ways in which technology is changing our relationships and world can be a lot of work, but we cannot allow ourselves to take our hands off the wheel.
“In our internet-driven and instant-knowledge society, many clients will desire to learn all they can about us before, during and after the counseling process. Getting out ahead of potential problems that could arise as a result may prove helpful for clients.”