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The unique challenges that face immigrant clients from Africa
The potential effectiveness of counseling is minimized when these clients’ varied and diverse experiences are overlooked or disregarded in the process of addressing presenting problems.Online Exclusives
Voice of Experience: We are all writers
Words are carefully chosen, and my movements, facial expressions and use of silence in counseling sessions are my punctuation. If you aren’t doing something similar, you should be.Features
Untangling trauma and grief after loss
Experiencing a sudden and unexpected loss can send people into a steep decline as they wrestle, often unknowingly, with elements of both trauma and grief.Features
Pandemic telehealth: What have we learned?
Many counselors have changed their perspective on telehealth after a year spent interacting with clients via video, but that doesn’t mean a return to in-person sessions will be any less welcome.Online Exclusives
The future of telehealth: Looking ahead
Will counseling clients via video remain a viable option for practitioners as pandemic restrictions lessen and many return to in-person office settings?Online Exclusives
COVID-19 and the ‘casino effect’
Staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic has many parallels to the numbing, timeless experience of being on a casino floor. If recognized, we might use these observations to inform our understanding of some of the mental health pitfalls that our clients are currently experiencing.Online Exclusives
Counselors weigh in on weighted blankets
Do weighted blankets, often touted as a way to ease stress, anxiety, sleeplessness and other troubles, really help? Professional counselors share their thoughts.Knowledge Share
