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Helping clients develop a healthy relationship with social media
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.Online Exclusives
Using existential-humanistic psychotherapy in the treatment of COVID-19 survivors
Existential-humanistic psychotherapy can be a helpful method for counselors to guide clients through the many stages of their COVID-19 journey.Online Exclusives
ACA online event encourages conversation about counselor stressors
Much of the discussion from panelists and attendees alike focused not just on the additional stress that counselors and clients have been experiencing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic but also on the trauma, grief and exhaustion raised by recent social turmoil tied to systemic racism in America.Online Exclusives
Voice of Experience: The miracle of 28 days
This current pandemic is changing the way we do business, and that change isn’t going away when the virus eventually fades away. I predict that some of our clients will never choose to go back to the way it was. And maybe they shouldn’t.Member Insights
Self-injury: An overview for counselors
By building an understanding of the motivations for nonsuicidal self-injury, counselors can develop detailed plans that address clients’ underlying issues.Online Exclusives
Solution-focused tools to help school counselors in a pandemic
Practical and efficient, solution-focused counseling tools are a good fit for school counselors working in the virtual school climate brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Member Insights
A beginner’s guide to client confabulation
Confabulation has the potential to compromise screening, assessment and treatment planning, making it a crucial clinical phenomenon for mental health professionals to understand and address in practice.Online Exclusives
