Member Insights

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

A firsthand experience of grieving pet loss

By Corban Smith August 10, 2021

A counselor turns to Worden’s tasks of mourning as he tries to navigate the nonlinear and sometimes unpredictable course of his own personal grief.

A hero/heroine’s journey: A road map to trauma healing

By Federico Carmona July 8, 2021

Counselors can encourage clients on a journey to transform their pain and fear into a guiding wisdom that leads them toward self-awareness and emotional growth.

Taking a strengths-based approach to suicide assessment and treatment

By John Sommers-Flanagan and Rita Sommers-Flanagan July 7, 2021

By embracing a holistic, strengths-based and wellness orientation in their work with clients who may be suicidal, counselors can improve on traditional approaches to suicide assessment and treatment.

Supporting disclosure for adult male survivors of child sexual abuse

By James M. Smith and Adrian Warren June 9, 2021

Through first understanding the narratives and other barriers that discourage survivors from disclosing, counselors can provide a foundation of support and empowerment that leads clients toward healing.

Celebrating Man’s Search for Meaning

By Rodney B. Dieser and Cynthia Wimberly June 7, 2021

On the 75th anniversary of this acclaimed memoir of finding meaning and hope even in the midst of great suffering, Viktor Frankl’s ideas continue to influence and inform the field of mental health.