Tyler is coming to see you fearing his secret could be revealed. He is an 18-year-old European-American male from a small Midwestern town of fewer than 1,000 people. His father is the minister of a local evangelical Christian church. His mother divides her time between church commitments and family life
Tag: Spirituality and Religious Values
Spirituality and Religious Values
Teri Nehring is an American Counseling Association member who works with individuals from all walks of life — from trauma victims to the Oneida Tribe of American Indians. As r eiki master, certified breathworker and shamanic practitioner, Nehring says what she has found to work best with all of her
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that “faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Kendal M. Tucker, president-elect of the Idaho Counseling Association, a branch of the American Counseling Association, uses faith-based counseling techniques to help her clients do just that. She
Sometimes the easiest tasks can be so difficult to perform. Mindfulness meditation has always fallen into this category for me. I struggle so much to get myself to sit down and meditate on a regular basis, even though I know from experience that when I sit in meditation for even
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series examining how counselors can work more effectively with clients who hold strong religious beliefs. The second article will appear in the August issue. Jill D. Duba has long been interested in where issues of religion and faith fit into the
Insights on wellness Counseling Today asked seven American Counseling Association members to describe how they use mind-body wellness techniques and concepts in their counseling. Stuart Bonnington has been a counselor since 1973. He is also a licensed marriage and family therapist and a counselor educator at Austin Peay State University.
The graying of the baby boom generation is a good news-bad news proposition for the counseling profession. The good news? Numerous mental health experts believe baby boomers have largely come to disregard the stigma that their parents once so strongly attached to mental health services. As a result, many professionals