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	<title>Counseling Today</title>
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		<title>Pressure increases on VA to  improve mental health treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Barstow & Art Terrazas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Counseling Association has been fighting for years with frustratingly little success to get counselors hired as mental health clinicians within veterans hospitals, facilities and Vet Centers. It now appears that even the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) own analysts are frustrated too. In a report released at the end of April, the Veterans... <span class="excerpt_more" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://ct.counseling.org/2012/06/pressure-increases-on-va-to-improve-mental-health-treatment/">continue reading</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Come work for the American Counseling Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Counseling Association is now hiring for the following positions: Project Coordinator The American Counseling Association, the world’s largest private, not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to serving and promoting the counseling profession seeks a Project Coordinator for our busy Professional Projects &#38; Career Services Department in Alexandria, VA.    Responsibilities include assisting the department Director on... <span class="excerpt_more" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://ct.counseling.org/2012/05/come-work-for-the-american-counseling-association/">continue reading</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Humiliating punishments do more harm than good for children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Rudow </dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents and teachers who punish their children or students using humiliating techniques are actually doing more harm than good, according to Andy Grogan-Kaylor, associate professor of social work at the University of Michigan. &#8220;The research is pretty clear that it&#8217;s never appropriate to shame a child or to make a child feel degraded or diminished,&#8221;... <span class="excerpt_more" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://ct.counseling.org/2012/05/humiliating-punishments-do-more-harm-than-good-for-children/">continue reading</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Walk in the park might improve cognition in depressed individuals</title>
		<link>http://ct.counseling.org/2012/05/walk-in-the-park-might-improve-cognition-in-depressed-individuals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Rudow </dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, the University of Michigan and Stanford University teamed up for a study that suggests that when paired with therapy, nature walks have positive cognitive benefits for individuals struggling with major depression. “Our study showed that participants with clinical depression demonstrated improved memory performance after a walk in nature [as compared... <span class="excerpt_more" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://ct.counseling.org/2012/05/walk-in-the-park-might-improve-cognition-in-depressed-individuals/">continue reading</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Register for the American Red Cross Foundations of Disaster Mental Health Webinar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Red Cross (ARC) is offering a Foundations of Disaster Mental Health (FDMH) training webinar on June 8 from 2:00 &#8211; 5:00 p.m. EDT. This three-hour webinar is available to eligible mental health professionals interested in working as disaster mental health (DMH) volunteers at the local and national level. The purpose of the course is... <span class="excerpt_more" style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="http://ct.counseling.org/2012/05/register-for-the-american-red-cross-foundations-of-disaster-mental-health-webinar/">continue reading</a></span>]]></description>
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