Member Insights

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

Celebrating the role of rehabilitation counseling

By Sonia Peterson February 6, 2020

Rehabilitation counseling is a counseling specialty that embraces social justice, multiculturalism, disability advocacy and inclusion.

Helping clients grow from loss

By Sherry Cormier February 4, 2020

Posttraumatic growth should never be pushed on clients, but having a counselor attuned to growth may be the missing piece that helps them become more resilient in the face of traumatic loss.

When the caring is too much

By Christine Sacco-Bene and Fay Roseman January 13, 2020

The mental health needs of veterinarians and veterinary students are increasingly coming to light as more research is conducted on the stresses and strains under which these professionals operate.

Uncovering the root cause of mother-daughter conflict

By Rosjke Hasseldine January 8, 2020

Hormones and personality differences are often blamed for tensions in the mother-daughter relationship, but a therapy model argues that societal expectations routinely set mothers and daughters up for conflict.

Technique without soul is dead

By Peter Allen December 10, 2019

To truly be effective at connecting with and helping clients, counselors must find a way to artfully blend the scientific and evidence-based with the interpersonal.