We, five Deaf counselors, have come together to write this article to educate our fellow counselors about Deaf culture, the Deaf community and working with Deaf clients. This article is written from the Deaf experience — a “Deaf center” — which reflects “a different normality” (as Irene Leigh explains in
Tag: Multiculturalism & Diversity
Multiculturalism & Diversity
Once you master the skill of riding a bike, you will always be able to ride a bike, or so the theory goes. But counselors would be mistaken if they apply that same logic to multicultural competence, says Michael Brooks, president of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, a
Attendees of next month’s 2013 American Counseling Association Conference & Expo in Cincinnati will be treated to a new series of conference sessions aimed at shedding light on research that ACA members are doing on topics that uniquely benefit clients. Called the Client-Focused Research Series, these 30-minute presentations aim
This is the first in a series of articles in which Counseling Today interviews editors and authors of newly published or soon-to-be published books from the American Counseling Association. First up is Thomas H. Hohenshil, professor emeritus of counselor education at Virginia Tech, associate editor of the Journal of Counseling
Sachin Jain has been taking counselors, counselor educators and counseling students to rural India for the past six years in an effort to expand their worldviews and give a real-life picture of how individuals in different socioeconomic statuses live. But this past June, trip participants had an even more meaningful
An American Counseling Association-sponsored People to People Citizen Ambassador Program to China gave 17 counselors, counselors and teachers the opportunity to expand their worldview and learn about mental health in a country with a culture different from their own. The trip allowed delegates — most of whom are ACA members
When one counsels military service members and their families, the existence and impact of military culture on the client and the therapeutic process is an important consideration. Many in our profession are ready and willing to help address the social and psychological challenges that many service members face. These challenges
Each year, the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person is presented to a member of the American Counseling Association who goes out of his or her way to help others without fanfare or any thought of receiving recognition. But Brandé Flamez, who earlier this year
In August, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) a Minority Fellowship Program grant. The grant provides NBCC as much as $1.6 million over the next two years to “expand the behavioral health workforce in order to reduce health disparities and
Counseling Today asked Carlos Zalaquett, professor and coordinator of the clinical mental health counseling program at the University of South Florida, to weigh in on the role of diversity in depression. Zalaquett, the associate editor of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, has researched depression among different client populations.