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Counseling Today
Counselors can tap into their interpersonal skills to facilitate meaningful dialogue that invites others to engage rather than become defensive.
"As counselors, we have a unique set of interpersonal skills that can be extremely useful when facilitating conversations about racial injustice," writes Amanda L. Giordano, an LPC and assistant professor at the University of Georgia. "We are primed to listen well, validate and gently present alterative viewpoints. Perhaps we can all commit to using our skills to facilitate meaningful dialogue that could lead to lasting, systemic change."
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Counseling Today
Do you sometimes feel like you're being pulled in a million different directions? @TechCounselor columnist Adria S. Dunbar shares some great strategies and tools to help with time management and awareness. "I don't know about you, but I want to have greater ownership over my calendar rather than allowing my calendar to have ownership over me," writes Dunbar, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
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ACA Publications
Blending a family successfully is complicated and as the number of stepfamilies continues to grow, counselors are more likely to see clients needing help in building strong family connections. Statistics are staggering: 1 out of every 3 Americans is now either a stepparent, a stepchild or is part of some other form of a blended family. Counselors with training and experience in stepfamily dynamics can help their clients meet the challenges of daily living and foster healthier relationships. Intervening for Stepfamily Success: One Case, Multiple Perspectives, edited by Joshua M. Gold, synthesizes the emerging knowledge base on the diversity of stepfamilies and provides concrete examples of how to apply multiple family systems theories and treatment planning to common stepfamily issues.
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The Springfield College Department of Counseling educates and trains critically reflective and highly skilled counselors, advocates, and leaders. Graduates have a strong professional identity, a broad knowledge base and possess the skills and expertise necessary to meet the diverse needs of the populations they serve.
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ACA Member Blog
No matter what the topic is, there seems to be myths out there about it. Whether it's that gum takes seven years to digest once swallowed, or that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. I'm not exactly sure why myths are created, but I do have some thoughts about the counseling myths I've heard over the years. I'm not sure how these counseling myths originated, but my thoughts are that they were created by people who were afraid to take the step into personal growth, and/or who had a negative experience in counseling.
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Forbes
Mental health is something we all have, just like physical health. And just like physical health, mental health can sit anywhere on a scale from good to bad. It's a commonly accepted fact that adults spend roughly one-third of their lives at work. That's a significant amount of time, within which we are likely to experience a spectrum of physical and mental health.
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The Atlantic
Nearly half of American youths struggle with a mental illness before turning 18, while 12 percent have experienced a bout of depression. But even though playing sports on a regular basis can boost physical and mental health, for some serious high-school athletes — many who train year-round and might need an athletic scholarship to afford college tuition — sports can be a key contributor to depression and anxiety.
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Good Magazine
According to the statement, the show will "focus on both mental illness and mental wellness, inspiring viewers to have an honest conversation about the challenges each of us faces, and how to equip ourselves with the tools to not simply survive, but to thrive."
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Michael's House
At Michael’s House, each patient is met with compassion and care. For over 25 years, we’ve worked with counselors to connect their patients with an individualized treatment plan for addiction recovery and mental health issues. Learn more about our outcomes, treatment methods and certified staff.
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Psychology Today
The effective counselor asks good questions. Of course, many good ones derive from what the client says. But I've found the following questions valuable in many circumstances: You might ask them of yourself, of friends, colleagues, job or dating candidates, or in networking situations.
I'm a career counselor and so the questions are most directly applicable in that, but they're more broadly applicable.
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Mental Floss
Before visiting a doctor for a medical diagnosis, many people turn to Google to learn more about symptoms like sweaty palms, back pain and morning sickness. But physical ailments aren't the only conditions people are self-diagnosing on the web — this map from TermLife2Go shows the most-Googled mental health symptoms by state.
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Psychology Today
Here are five simple keys that unlock the door behind which your best life can be found. I know that sounds like quite a bold claim, but after 30 years of clinical practice, and scouring the psychological and medical literature for even longer, these five factors seem to consistently rise to the top of the list. As I put it, these are the TERMS by which you can live your best life.
The acronym "TERMS" refers to: Think well, Eat well, Relate well, Move well, and Sleep well.
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NPR
The first time Jessica Calise can remember her 9-year-old son Joseph's anxiety spiking was about a year ago, when he had to perform at a school concert. He said his stomach hurt and he might throw up. "We spent the whole performance in the bathroom," she recalls. Jessica decided to enroll in an experimental program, one that was very different from other therapy for childhood anxiety that she knew about. It wasn't Joseph who would be seeing a therapist every week — it would be her.
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AP News
Alex Rozenblat can still hear the cries of a wounded boy calling for help as she hid from the gunfire that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year.
Talking to therapists at the school in Parkland, FL, didn't help. Each session had a different counselor, and she found herself rehashing traumas she had already expressed. She would rather turn to her friends, who understand what she went through.
"There is slight pressure to get better as quickly as you can, and since it's been a year, everyone thinks that you are better," the 16-year-old said.
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Irish Times
My best friend left the Financial Times a few weeks ago. She wanted to leave and her departure, after a long notice period, was expected. But it came as no less of a blow. She was lightened and excited by her new horizons. I was left behind. And I was very sad.
My family were taken aback by such angst. I am not given to big displays of emotion. "What are you, 14? Get over it," was my daughter's critical assessment.
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CNBC
Starting this summer, you'll be able to talk to a therapist through Amazon Alexa. For the many people who struggle with anxiety and depression, it's a huge challenge to find an affordable therapist. Now, a growing group of apps, including Talkspace and The Difference, are looking to solve the problem by using technology to improve access.
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Colorado Sun
She was a few days past her 13th birthday when she took her life in February 2018. The shockwaves of the seventh-grader's suicide reverberated across Eagle County, with counselors, therapists and mental health advocates scrambling to prevent the dreaded cluster that too often follows teen suicides.
A year later, they are still scrambling, but with a battle plan and a much deeper war chest.
The middle-school student was among the first of 17 suicides in Eagle County in 2018. Since 2017, 37 Eagle County residents have ended their own lives.
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The Association for Advanced Training in Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) has been the leader in licensing exam preparation since 1976. We offer comprehensive NCE and NCMHCE exam study materials including online mock exams and questions, one-on-one coaching and study aids. Explore everything AATBS has to offer today!
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Timberline Knolls is a residential treatment center located on 43 beautiful acres just outside Chicago, offering a nurturing environment of recovery for women and girls ages 12 and older struggling to overcome eating disorders, substance use, mood disorders, trauma and co-occurring disorders. An adult partial hospitalization program is also available.
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IFL Science
One-in-five American college students report suffering from anxiety disorders in what researchers are calling an "anxiety epidemic."
Preliminary findings presented by the Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans suggest that the rate of students with anxiety disorders has doubled since 2008 and can be linked to increased time on digital devices, social media in particular, and financial stress.
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Forbes
A new report by the British Medical Association, the trade union that represents all doctors in the UK, has highlighted a serious mental health crisis within the medical profession.
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PsychCentral
How do you feel when someone starts a sentence with "If I'm being totally honest," or "May I be honest with you?" Are they lying the rest of the time? What have they been hiding?
It's a setup. It's a justification for them to share their opinion or feedback about you, while keeping themselves conveniently out of the hot seat.
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Coveteur
Once, in my early twenties, I didn't sleep for two weeks.
Every morning I'd count the days before I was due to defend my thesis, and every night a wave of nausea would hit me. It felt visceral and unending — until I experienced my first panic attack, which will teach you the true meaning of "visceral." Ultimately, the sleep deprivation led me to a white-walled doctor's office where I first heard the words "You have social anxiety."
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Forbes
Summer is just around the corner and, along with it, comes that wonderfully carefree feeling that only happens this time of year. There's just something about summer that brings out our adventurous spirit, which is exactly why one of the most popular summer pastimes is packing up and heading to a theme park for the day (or week!).
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Huffington Post
Therapists often hear an honest account of what their patients are really thinking and feeling when it comes to their romantic relationships, as opposed to the more polished versions people share with friends and family.
We first asked therapists to reveal the most common complaints men have about their partners. Then we asked another group of therapists to do the same, this time focusing on their female clients.
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Well + Good
While making an appointment with your primary-care physician is a no-brainer when you're not feeling well, deciding to go to therapy, especially for the first time, can feel like a big step, especially if you typically work through personal and emotional issues on your own or by talking them through with friends and family.
But sometimes, going at it alone or even calling in opinions of loved ones isn't enough to resolve the issues completely.
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