Online Exclusives

Michigan LPCs block attempt to take away their right to practice

By Laurie Meyers January 16, 2020

This fall, approximately 10,000 licensed professional counselors (LPCs) participated in a grassroots campaign that thwarted an attempt to take away their ability to practice.

Hey, Siri: Did you break confidentiality, or did I?

By Nicole M. Arcuri Sanders January 14, 2020

As counselors, we understand there are some limits to confidentiality. However, voice assistant technologies in cell phones and other devices have the capability to leak what clients and counselors once believed to be confidential information.

Our most-read articles of 2019

Compiled by Bethany Bray January 9, 2020

Which counseling topics grabbed the most reader attention in 2019?

Grieved: A firsthand account of enduring a client grievance as a counselor

By Jessica Smith January 7, 2020

“Because the personal is professional and the professional is personal in our work, it can be hard to separate the two. This makes it difficult to prevent internalization during the grievance process. I felt like a bad counselor and, thus, a bad person.”

Voice of Experience: The boring (and risky) part of the job

By Gregory K. Moffatt December 23, 2019

“Assume someone else — a judge, a jury, a licensure board member, an attorney — might someday see what you have written. Don’t write anything that you would be ashamed or embarrassed for someone else to see.”