Member Insights

CT Online readers and member viewpoint, often on current issues.

Client suggestibility: A beginner’s guide for mental health professionals

By Jerrod Brown, Amanda Fenrich, Jeffrey Haun and Megan N. Carter August 12, 2019

When conducting clinical interviews, the types, manner and context of questions have the potential to result in false responses, with implications for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.

The pretend professional

By Jamie McNally July 9, 2019

Impostor syndrome — and the sense of self-doubt, insecurity and inadequacy that accompany it — isn’t a stranger to most counseling professionals, and that’s ultimately good news.

Bringing evidence-based processes into the therapy room

By Boyd Eustace and John Donahue June 5, 2019

A hospital-based outpatient mental health clinic shares its approach for closing the science-practice gap while moving beyond the era of prescriptive treatment protocols for specific disorders.

Remembering Martin Buber and the I–Thou in counseling

By Matthew Martin and Eric W. Cowan May 8, 2019

In the search for empirically validated methods, are counselor researchers, educators and clinicians in danger of losing touch with what matters most in counseling?