Heather Rudow May 24, 2013
The lives and worldviews of more than 100 Nebraskan youths and counseling students have been enriched thanks to Bruce Dickinson, who uses his passion for Native American culture to connect with members of the Lakota tribe. Dickinson, a licensed professional counselor, has been taking high school students and graduate counseling students on cultural immersion trips…continue reading
Heather Rudow May 9, 2013
Licensed professional counselor and college professor Angela McDonald is helping her students learn more about the mental health of military service members, veterans and their families, and what the best practices are for counseling them. McDonald, an assistant professor and program director of the clinical mental health counseling programs at the University of North Carolina…continue reading
Heather Rudow May 6, 2013
The National Institute for Mental Health has launched a plan replace the DSM-5 with a new “Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)” project. Stating that the DSM is little more than a dictionary, that the DSM criteria are unreliable, and that those diagnosed with mental disorders “deserve better,” NIMH Director Thomas Insel made the announcement this past…continue reading
Heather Rudow May 3, 2013
With the headline “Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now,” 12-season NBA veteran Collins wrote himself into the history books. Collins, who played this past season for the Washington Wizards and is now a free agent, penned an article for Sports Illustrated and, with it, became the first active male professional athlete in…continue reading
Heather Rudow May 2, 2013
American Counseling Association member and first-generation Haitian-American Florence Saint-Jean is striving to bring better mental health care access and awareness to the people of Haiti. In particular, Saint-Jean is working to create a trauma intervention curriculum to be used by professionals within Haiti. Saint-Jean, a counselor and Ph.D. student at Duquesne University’s Executive Counselor Education…continue reading