Member Insights

Articles written by members of the American Counseling Association

Real talk

By Peter Allen December 13, 2021

Better communication for couples requires going well beyond word choice to focus on the practice of emotional regulation skills.

Play (in) therapy: Approaches to working with young children

By Maureen Bissen Neuville December 3, 2021

Play is highly facilitative when included in a child’s counseling, but it is important to understand the difference between including play in sessions with young clients and true play therapy.

Life after sport

By Kris Amos November 16, 2021

The application of existential psychology can help athletes who are wrestling with a loss of identity and meaning after suffering a career-ending injury.

Four lessons in building therapeutic relationships

By Anne-Marie Burke November 9, 2021

The promise of the therapeutic relationship is at the center of client change, but it also provides a North Star to counseling interns and other beginning counselors who are still trying to find their way.

The sensitivity of boundary setting in collectivist cultures

By Shabnam Brady October 11, 2021

Counselors must understand that relationship boundaries considered ‘healthy’ by the dominant culture in the U.S. don’t automatically apply to immigrant and bicultural clients.